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The ratio between gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) shares a positive and nonlinear relationship with incident diabetes, reports a recent Japan study.

PCSK9 inhibition with evolocumab produces clinically meaningful and sustained reductions in certain lipid parameters in a predominantly Arabic population of individuals with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and other non-FH indications, according to a study.

An intensive weight-loss intervention has failed to substantially improve the treatment outcomes among obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), reports a recent study.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can benefit from a dietitian-led intensive dietary intervention, including frequent dietary education, which helps promote more healthful eating patterns, a recent study has found.

The presence of erectile dysfunction (ED) does not appear to confer an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in men with diabetes mellitus (DM), with comparable risk of adverse cardiovascular events among users and nonusers of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is), which are used to manage ED, according to a study.

Diabetes does not appear to increase mortality in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), but diabetes and hyperglycaemia both contribute to worse overall survival (OS) in a cohort of longer-term survivors, a study has found.

Use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) may reduce the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) relative to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a real-world practice, reports a recent study.

In Japan, the declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to negative metabolic consequences in people with glucose intolerance, such as lowered skeletal muscle and increased body weight and body fat, a recent study has found.