Maternal type 1 diabetes causes heart defects.

Published Date: 02 Mar 2023

A review of more than 600,000 Finnish births from 2006 to 2016 found that mothers with type 1 diabetes had more than four times as many children born with heart defects.

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An AI method uses contrast-free cardiac magnetic resonance images and detects myocardial infarction scars, with accuracy similar to that of standard contrast scans.

Brief, intermittent bouts of moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity in daily routines may lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants shows.

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Experts say weight alone should not be the goal of treatment with breakthrough GLP-1s. Cardiovascular health and muscle health must be emphasized.

Among patients with advanced heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, all-cause and cardiovascular deaths have declined over two decades, but uptake of advanced therapies remains low.

Ectopic Cushing syndrome is associated with poor survival and a high burden of severe clinical outcomes in patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms.

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