Rate of peripheral glucose change during cognitive testing predicts performance in diabetes mellitus.

Background: The reason for cognitive deterioration in diabetes mellitus (DM) remains unknown. One suggestion is that despite elevated glucose levels, patients with DM generally have difficulty utilizing glucose during cognitive tasks. This assumption was tested in the present study.

Stress cardiomyopathy in a Caucasian man.

Stress cardiomyopathy is increasingly being described as a form of reversible left ventricular systolic dysfunction, with a characteristic shape on left ventriculography. The acute clinical, electrocardiographic and laboratory abnormalities are reminiscent of acute coronary syndrome, with nonobstructive coronary arteries on angiography. Wall motion abnormalities typical of this disease exhibit apical akinesis with compensatory basal hyperkinesis, resulting in the characteristic systolic apical ballooning.

The endocannabinoid system: a promising novel mechanistic pathway in the cardiometabolic syndrome.

The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a neuroendocrine system that modulates several cardiometabolic processes. An overactive ECS is implicated as a significant contributor to the cardiometabolic syndrome and obesity, in addition to a large number of other physiologic processes. Endocannabinoid receptors have been detected centrally and peripherally, regulating appetite, food intake, metabolism, and storage.