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Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Risk

In an analysis using genetic data from over 25 different studies involving diabetes patients, researchers can find no causal association between higher vitamin D levels and lower diabetes risk… Low circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), a marker of vitamin D status, have been associated with an increased risk of …

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Longer Working Hours Associated with Higher Type 2 Incidence

  Socioeconomic status plays a role in how strong the association is…. Previous studies have shown an association between working longer hours and risk factors that can contribute to type 2 diabetes incidence. These risk factors included physical inactivity, unhealthy lifestyle, poor nutritional choices, and cardiovascular disease. Other studies have …

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Gestational Weight Gain Associated with Infant Birth Weight in Type 1 Diabetes Mothers

  Maternal weight gain is key to controlling infant birth weight…. Infants born to mothers with pregestational diabetes are more likely to experience adverse outcomes, especially an increased birth weight. Previous studies have shown the importance of strict maternal glycemic control to prevent fetal hyperinsulinemia and accelerated growth. Excessive gestational …

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Adding an SGLT2 to Insulin Improved Control

Adding an SGLT2 inhibitor to multiple daily doses of insulin improved glycemic control, benefited weight loss, lowered insulin doses, and no increase in hypoglycemia was seen…   Some patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes still do not achieve glycemic control with multiple daily doses of insulin. Empagliflozin is a …

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African-Americans More Likely to Have Amputations

Black Americans on Medicare are three times more likely than other patients to lose a leg to amputation because of complications with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease…. Even low-risk black patients with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease faced a higher risk of amputation than most nonblack patients, according to a …

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