Dyslipidemia in menopause: mechanisms and management.

Unlabelled: Data concerning cardiovascular disease in women is rapidly expanding. It is now known that women are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease each year than men and that the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women increases dramatically in the postmenopausal years. Physicians who care for menopausal women should be able to counsel, diagnose, and treat or refer women who have modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease.

Consultation and management of patients with lipid disorders: importance of life-style changes and intensive follow-up.

The purpose was to compare long-term involvement (LTI) vs short-term involvement (STI) of patients in a Lipid Education Service (LES) and to assess the effects of life-style changes. Patients were referred for LTI and STI by their physicians. Three-hundred eighty-one consecutive patients, 287 LTI and 94 STI, were analyzed.

An outpatient model of integrated diabetes treatment and education: functional, metabolic, and knowledge outcomes.

A cohort of 137 insulin-treated adults with diabetes was evaluated at enrollment in a diabetes education and care program; 69 completed follow-up evaluations (mean = 11.2 months) to ascertain clinical outcomes. Factors that predicted change in metabolic, functional, and knowledge status were identified.

A simple method for the intravenous fat-tolerance test.

A simple method for measuring intravenous fat tolerance with an artificial fat emulsion (intralipid) was studied and compared with the currently used method of Carlson and Rossner [J. Lab. Invest.

Treatment of hyperinsulinism after partial pancreatectomy: medical or surgical?

A 21 year old male patient with hypoglycemia secondary to hyperinsulinism had no palpable adenoma at surgery, and failed to respond to a partial (75%) pancreatectomy. Subsequently, he was begun on oral Diazoxide. Soon after initiation of Diazoxide he developed a viral pneumonitis, and because of hyperglycemia, the Diazoxide was temporarily discontinued.

Hyperlipidemia in a Lebanese community: difficulties in definition, diagnosis and decision on when to treat.

Fasting serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured in 131 randomly selected adult members of a Lebanese Community of Western New York. Mean cholesterol levels (males, 217 mg%; females 234 mg%) were higher than those reported from the Lebanon but similar to those reported in most other populations. Mean triglyceride levels (males, 153 mg%; females, 115 mg%) were higher than those reported in most other populations.

Genetic variation of lysosomal acid lipase.

Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) activity was measured using a new fluorometric assay in cultured skin fibroblasts from eight control subjects, two obligate heterozygotes for Wolman's disease (WD), one patient with WD, and one patient with cholesteryl ester storage disease (CESD). The LAL activities (mean+/-SD) were 25.8+/-8.