Sitagliptin showed greater glycemic efficacy over dapagliflozin when added onto existing therapy.
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Semaglutide Causes Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes Regardless of Baseline BMI
The SUSTAIN trials showed significant reductions in weight, but the true reason for the weight loss still unknown.
Read More »Overtreatment of Diabetes in Patients 75 Years or Older
Recent studies show one-quarter of the population over the age of 75 who have type 2 diabetes are tightly managed with medications and are high risk for hypoglycemia.
Read More »Dapagliflozin Improves Glycemic Index in Patients with T1DM but Increases Risk for DKA
SGLT shown as useful adjunctive agent when insulin monotherapy fails, but decrease in insulin use may prove harmful.
Read More »Lose Weight and Lose Type 2 Diabetes?
Scientists find dramatic weight loss may reverse type 2 diabetes in some patients.
Read More »Medication Compliance
Do you have a program in place to improve medication compliance? Follow the link to see how you and your colleagues compare.
Read More »Subjective Cognitive Decline
What proportion of Americans age 45 years and older have self-reported memory problems -- is it 1 in 30, 1 in 16, 1 in 9, or 1 in 4? Follow the link for the answer.
Read More »Frailty in Middle-Aged With Multimorbidity Tied to Mortality
Prevalence of frailty 18 percent in middle-aged, older participants with four or more long-term conditions
Read More »High Prevalence of Diabetes in Those With Severe Mental Illness
Prevalences of diabetes and prediabetes higher among racial/ethnic minorities with mental illness
Read More »Most Surgical Residents Want Financial Education
Large majority of surgical residents surveyed had a moderate- or high-risk debt-to-asset ratio
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