In overweight/obese individuals with type 2 diabetes, fitness and fatness were highly related to each other but seemed to have different impact on specific CVD risk factors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Studies show that oral contraceptives may protect against ovarian cancer, a Western diet may increase risk for metabolic syndrome, insurance copayments may deter women from getting mammograms, cold medicines can be dangerous to young children, 2 stents for treating myocardial infarction may be equivalent, and gastric banding may lead to remission of type 2 diabetes. Medscape Medical News
A survey shows that excessive drinking and binge drinking increase the risk for the metabolic syndrome, suggesting that public health messages should emphasize the potential cardiometabolic risk. Medscape Medical News
Researchers suggest that clinicians be aware of the possibility of tendinous complications, including tendonitis and even tendon rupture, in patients who take statins. Medscape Medical News
The 2003 definition of fasting glucose is no better at predicting the risk for coronary heart disease than that in 1997, which used a higher lower-limit for fasting plasma glucose. Medscape Medical News
