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How To Reverse Diabetes.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

In the US, over 45% of the population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes 1. The absolute majority of those with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with excess visceral fat and poor cardiometabolic health. Because a diagnosis of diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Pre-Diabetes.

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Trends in prognosis and use of SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Objective To explore trends in prognosis and use of glucose-lowering drugs (GLD) in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD). Research design and methods All patients with diabetes and CAD undergoing a coronary angiography between 2010 and 2021 according to the Swedish Angiography and Angioplasty Registry were included.

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How You Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Without Losing Weight.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

No Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes. 2019 Aug 18;9(8):e029966. The Life Essential 8 are a set of factors that significantly influence your risk of heart disease and early death, including: Regular Physical Activity. Not smoking. Adequate Sleep. Normal Cholesterol Levels. Normal Blood Pressure. Endocr Pract. 2024 Nov;30(11):1089-1096.

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Atherothrombotic Outcomes After Sodium‐Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase‐4 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Territory‐Wide Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

ConclusionsSGLT2 inhibitors in patients with diabetes were independently associated with reduction in atherothrombotic major adverse cardiovascular events, allcause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, and incident dialysis, compared with DPP4 inhibitors.

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Hypoglycemic Events May Trigger Acute Ischemic Stroke Within 30 Days in Those With Diabetes: A Case-Crossover Study

Stroke Journal

We used conditional logistical regression models to estimate odds ratios and 95% CIs.RESULTS:There were 237 667 index admissions with AIS and diabetes during the study period. These results, if confirmed in other studies, emphasize the importance of avoiding hypoglycemic events in patients with diabetes.

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AFib Might Be Far More Common Than We Think

CardiacWire

UCSF researchers analyzed medical records from 29M adults who received hospital-based care in California from 2005 to 2019 (51yr avg. AFib rates increased dramatically during the study period, from 4.49% in 2005-2009 to 6.82% in 2015-2019. When these results are applied across the U.S., adult population.

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Prevalence and treatment of diabetes and pre-diabetes in a real-world heart failure population: a single-centre cross-sectional study

Open Heart

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate a real-world heart failure (HF) cohort regarding (1) prevalence of known diabetes mellitus (DM), undiagnosed DM and pre-diabetes, (2) if hf treatment differs depending on glycaemic status and (3) if treatment of DM differs depending on HF phenotype.