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New Study Reveals Diabetes is Among the Top Three COVID-19 Comorbidities
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#1 A1C levels are Indicators of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation
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Letter from the Editor
We have all heard the phrase “kill two birds with one stone,” but did you know that it originally came from the story of Daedalus and Icarus, who escaped from the Labyrinth on Crete by making wings and flying out? This story comes from Greek Mythology; we use it now with no regard to the original meaning.
A good example of this is when we can use 1 pharmaceutical for 2 disease states. Our intern Deonna Andrews, PharmD Candidate FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, took a look at the correlation between higher longer A1c values and cardiovascular events and then recommended a medication that could help both. Read her article and then see if you can figure out which drug can “kill two birds with one stone.”
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
TOP STORIES -- Diabetes News and Research
Certain inflammatory biomarkers may help lead to improvements in the treatment of diabetes.
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The familiarity of using hemoglobin A1C value to guide control in patients with type 2 diabetes is known, but how do these longitudinal values relate to cardiovascular outcomes?