Does intensive glucose control show heart benefits in long-term followup?.
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Dapagliflozin vs. Saxagliptin: Durability of Glycemic Control
The persistence of benefits of dapagliflozin over saxagliptin might change therapy choices in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Risk Factors for Advanced Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
How to identify who is at risk for the progression of diabetic kidney disease to end-stage renal disease?
Read More »Consuming Ultraprocessed Food May Up Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Significant links persisted after adjustment for markers of nutritional quality, metabolic comorbidities
Read More »Dec. 14, 2019
One of my cycling friends called me on Tuesday night and was upset. His brother, who had diabetes and was on a pump, had gone into the hospital with a broken collarbone from a cycling accident. The hospitalist decided to keep him overnight for observation, and per hospital policy his …
Read More »Survey Indicates Inpatient Diabetes Care Must be Reformed NOW!
When hospitals do not employ best practices in glucose control, patients with diabetes experience worse outcomes at greater costs.
Read More »Can Statins increase the Risk of Skin Infection?
New research attempts to untangle the conflicting literature on whether statins and SSTIs are linked.
Read More »Can Metformin be Used With Impaired Kidney Function?
Results from a retrospective cohort comparing metformin vs. sulfonylurea use in reduced kidney function.
Read More »Moderate Physical Activity Tied to Lower Fasting GLP-1 in Men
In men, glucose-stimulated GLP-1 responses were higher for every hour of moderate PA performed
Read More »Labeling Exercise Needed to Burn Food May Cut Calories Consumed
Labeling foods with the amount of physical activity needed to burn off calories tied to healthier choices
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