Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes

Article Abstract:

A study on whether the use of intensive therapy as compared with conventional therapy during the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) affect the long-term incidence of cardiovascular disease is presented. Results reveal that intensive diabetes therapy has long-term beneficial effects on the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Care and treatment, Diabetics, Type 1 diabetes

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Cardiovascular risk and body-fat abnormalities in HIV-infected adults

Article Abstract:

Metabolic and body-fat abnormalities are common among HIV-infected adults receiving nucleoside-analogue and protease-inhibitor therapy. Clinicians caring for HIV-infected adults should assess cardiovascular risk factors and target risk reduction, though not at the expense of successful treatment of the underlying HIV disease.

HIV patients, Metabolic diseases

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