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Letter from the Editor
My house in Saint Petersburg is 100 years old, and in honor of its centennial celebration we decided to do a little “face lift” with new paint and trim. The house must have at least 10 coats of paint on it, and in many places the layers of paint were so thick that it was pulling away from the wood.
When the painters came to give estimates they all wanted to sand the wood so that the paint would stick better. This resurfacing would be what I needed for the next 100 years.
Now in a new study that our intern, George McConnell, found, this same resurfacing of the duodenum can actually provide long lasting results for A1c improvement and weight loss.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
TOP STORIES -- Diabetes News and Research
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Did You Know? Retinopathy = Increased Risk for Stroke
Among patients with diabetes, those with diabetic retinopathy had elevated stroke risk compared with those who did not, according to new data from the ACCORD Eye study presented at the International Stroke Conference. The findings, based on 2,828 patients with diabetes, showed that 41% of those who had a stroke during a mean follow-up of 5.4 years had diabetic retinopathy, while 30.5% of those who didn’t have stroke had diabetic retinopathy. After adjustment for age, sex, race, total cholesterol, HbA1c, smoking, and randomization arm, diabetic retinopathy remained associated with stroke incidence (HR = 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.32). The results were consistent regardless of randomization to intensive or standard glucose control (P = .305), intensive or standard lipid control (P = .546), or intensive or standard BP control (P = .422), according to the researchers. While the pathology of this association is not clear, the shared vascular risk factors suggest damage to a range of arteries results from uncontrolled hyperglycemia, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia,
Wong KH, et al. Abstract 154. Presented at: International Stroke Conference; Feb. 19-21, 2020; Los Angeles.
Diabetes in Control gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following pharmacy doctoral candidates in the preparation of this week’s newsletters:
Antonio Bess, Pharm D Candidate, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University School of Pharmacy
George McConnell, PharmD. Candidate, LECOM School of Pharmacy
Sandra Zaki, PharmD Candidate, Florida A&M University
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