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Significant weight loss and insulin independence drive improvement in general health measures for patients with type 2 diabetes — ScienceDaily
[ad_1] A new analysis from the STAMPEDE trial shows that over the course of five years, patients who had bariatric and metabolic surgery to treat uncontrolled type 2 diabetes reported greater physical health, more energy, less body pain, and less negative effects of diabetes in their daily lives, compared with patients who had medical therapy…
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Heart patients three times more likely to have diabetes than general population
[ad_1] Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes, according to a large study published on World Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). That compares to a diabetes prevalence of around 9% in the general population. There…
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Consider menstrual cycle as vital sign of women’s general health, say researchers — ScienceDaily
[ad_1] Irregular and long menstrual cycles in adolescence and adulthood are associated with a greater risk of early death (before age 70), finds a study published by The BMJ today. These associations were stronger for deaths related to cardiovascular disease and when long and irregular cycles were consistently present during adolescence and throughout adulthood. They…