A recently published meta-analysis evaluates whether vitamin D supplementation could prevent type 2 in patients with prediabetes.
Read More »Using Handgrip Strength to Predict the Future Risk of T2D
Handgrip strength could be an uncomplicated and inexpensive means of predicting a patient's future risk of T2D.
Read More »PRE-D Trial: Effect of Metformin, Dapagliflozin, or Exercise on Prediabetes Outcomes
Multiple treatments were compared to improve outcomes in patients with prediabetes.
Read More »Hemoglobin Abnormalities Affect A1c Testing
I recently saw a patient for a diabetes follow-up and had just gotten her lab values faxed over. Her A1c came back at 9.6, despite the patient telling me that her glucose meter readings were much lower. She even showed me the meter, and upon doing some averaging, it appeared that her A1c should be a lot lower....
Read More »Associations between Prediabetes and Vascular Complications
Do patients with prediabetes share the same vascular complication risk seen in patients with T2D?
Read More »Possible Link Connecting COVID-19 and New-Onset Diabetes
CoviDIAB Registry will explore why COVID-19 can increase complications in people with pre-existing diabetes, and may also be driving new cases.
Read More »Carbohydrate Restriction May Reverse Prediabetes
Studies show that carbohydrate restriction for prediabetes can lead to normal glucose levels, reduce the progression to type 2 diabetes, and decrease the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Read More »Pre-Diabetes Increases Risk of CVD and All-Cause Mortality
Numerous complications associated with diabetes, including the risk of death, begin at the pre-diabetic stage.
Read More »Do Pre-Diabetes Patients Fall into a Gray Zone?
Findings from a recently published meta-analysis of patients with pre-diabetes, with and without ASCVD, suggest an increased risk for premature death and cardiovascular events.
Read More »Early Detection of Adult-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
The EarlyBird study investigated how to predict future pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes in children. Years of research have shown us that there are many factors that predispose patients to type 2 diabetes. However, researchers at the University of Plymouth, in collaboration with Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, monitored children …
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