GLP-1 and Appetite Suppression
There has been an increased use of GLP-1 analogs in patients with diabetes over the past two years as the advent of daily dosing has made medication adherence simpler and more clinicians are comfortable with the available choices.
Test Your Knowledge #623: A nested case-control study design was used to evaluate the association between...
A nested case-control study design was used to evaluate the association between average A1C and CV outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which group of patients was found to have an increased risk for cardiovascular events?
Letter from the Editor #623: Focus on GLP-1
The use of GLP-1 analogs is up again this year as clinicians become more comfortable with the class of drugs and more patients are learning about the benefits of these analogs from their practitioners, friends, and websites and blogs on the...
AACE/ACE Diabetes Algorithm for Glycemic Control
View or download the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists diabetes...
AACE/ACE Diabetes Algorithm for Glycemic Control
AACE/ACE Diabetes Algorithm for Glycemic Control
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Eating Eggs Increases HDL Metabolism and Reduces Appetite
A new study has suggested that a carbohydrate-restricted diet with some individuals eating three whole eggs per day and others eating an equivalent amount of egg substitute improved HDL measures. Participants in the study were followed for 12...
Medicare Fund Exhausted by 2024
Funding for Medicare will be exhausted in 2024, according to the annual report from the program's trustees, but federal health officials note that the program would run dry eight years sooner if not for the Affordable Care Act. The good news is...
Number of people with High Cholesterol Drops
Data just out from the CDC show that only 13.4% of adults in the U.S. have high cholesterol, according to data collected in 2009 and 2010. A decade earlier, 18.3% of American adults had high cholesterol. High cholesterol starts at 240 milligrams of...
Ultra-Long-Acting Insulin Degludec, Two New Studies
Two published Phase III studies reveal that ultra-long-acting insulin degludec considerably reduced rates of....
ADA/EASD Issue New Hyperglycemia Management Guidelines
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) have issued a joint position statement emphasizing patient-specific treatment of hyperglycemia in persons with type 2 diabetes....
Rising HbA1c Levels Can 'Predict Diabetes'
HbA1c levels rise rapidly in the year before a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes....
Metformin, Insulin Combo Questioned for Type 2 Diabetes
The long-term benefit for type 2 patients using metformin along with insulin is….
FDA: Aliskiren in Certain Combinations Can Not Be Used for Diabetic Patients
The FDA announced that physicians must not prescribe antihypertensive drugs containing aliskiren….
Noncompliance Linked to Mortality in Diabetes
Insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes who are noncompliant with their medication or clinic appointments face increased all-cause mortality....
Diabetes and Statin Link Probed
Controversy over the risk of diabetes associated with high-dose statins has prompted investigators across a wide range of studies to delve back into their data sets to look for a diabetes signal....
Diabetes, Overweight Linked to a 64-92% Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
A new study found an association between being diabetic and overweight, and increased risk of breast cancer....
Surgery Once Again Wins for Obese Diabetes Patients
Yet another study has found that bariatric surgery is a better diabetes treatment in obese patients than medical therapy, researchers said, confirming results from other recent trials....
FDA Rejects Diabetes Drug Alogliptin
The agency issued a complete response letter for new drug applications of alogliptin and a combination drug that pairs alogliptin with another Takeda drug, Actos....
EU Agency Endorses Dapagliflozin Diabetes Drug
European regulators backed approval of a new diabetes drug from AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb, in a decision that contrasts with its failure to win approval in the US....
Impaired Fasting Glucose Affects Male Sexual Health
For men with sexual dysfunction, IFG is linked with severe ED, overt hypogonadism....
