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Alanine tied to diabetes, BP, lipid profile but not CAD
Plasma alanine or factors affecting alanine appear to contribute to an increased risk of diabetes, higher blood glucose, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and blood pressure (BP), but not coronary artery disease (CAD), reports a study.
Community intervention helps improve diet patterns, wellbeing of women
A cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction intervention, the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0 (SHHC-2.0), may be useful among midlife and older female adults of rural communities in improving their diet patterns and diet-related psychosocial wellbeing consistent with improved cardiovascular health, according to a study.
Novel tri-agonist confers significant gains for MASLD patients
In a substudy of a phase II obesity trial, individuals with MASLD* and obesity benefited significantly from retatrutide, a once-weekly, injectable, novel synthetic molecule that has shown potent agonist action at GIP**, GLP-1***, and glucagon receptors.
Meal replacement-based diet beneficial to T2D patients
A dietary pattern based on meal replacement (MR), compared with conventional diabetic diets (CDs), brings about improvements in glycaemic control and adipose indicators in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study.