Endocrine Abstracts

Vitamin D is a recognised important factor in bone health but in recent years is receiving much attention for its role in multiple other systems. The enthusiasm with which it is embraced as an elixir vitae especially in cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative diseases is overwhelming and matched only by the skepticism from other quarters, since solid evidence is largely lacking. I will review the pleiotropic effects of vitamin D and how they may be of relevance to...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-REF), and is associated with adverse prognosis. Subgroup analyses of randomized controlled trials suggest patients with DM benefit prognostically from beta-adrenoreceptor blockers (BB) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). However, it remains unclear whether escalating doses of these age...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-REF), and is associated with adverse prognosis. Subgroup analyses of randomized controlled trials suggest patients with DM benefit prognostically from beta-adrenoreceptor blockers (BB) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). However, it remains unclear whether escalating doses of these age...