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Individuals with diabetic foot ulcers were shown to be at greater risk of premature death from vascular and nonvascular causes than those without ulcers, in a recent study. Researchers obtained data for patients who attended a secondary care diabetic foot clinic or a general diabetes clinic between 2009 and 2010. …

The Boehringer Ingelheim/Eli Lilly and Company combination SGLT2 inhibitor and DPP-4 inhibitor Glyxambi has been approved by the FDA. The empagliflozin/linagliptin combo is approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes when neither of the individual components are working as …

This is up more than two percentage points since 2008 and is the highest obesity rate Gallup and Healthways have measured in seven years of tracking it. More Americans who were previously overweight have now moved into the obese category, while the percentage who are at normal weight has remained …

In a group of 216 U.S.-based Africans, researchers analyzed the sensitivities of 1) FPG ≥5.6 mmol/L, 2) A1C ≥ 5.7% (39 mmol/mol), and 3) FPG combined with A1C (FPG ≥5.6 mmol/L and/or A1C ≥5.7% [39 mmol/mol]) for the detection of abnormal glucose tolerance in a population prone to sickle-cell anemia …

Privately insured people with newly diagnosed diabetes are not participating in diabetes self-management education and training (DSMT), jeopardizing their ability to improve glycemic control and reduce the risk of complications and hospitalizations. Using the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database, researchers found that only 6.8% attended DSMT. Based on actual …

A recent published study evaluated 98 youths aged 10 to 18 years with BMI ≥85th percentile and not on medication for glucose management to determine if HbA1c or the oral glucose tolerance test is a better predictor of free-living glycemia as measured by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). A blinded CGM …

A new study found that on the days kids eat pizza, they likely take in more calories, fat and sodium than on other days. On any given day in the United States, one in five children and nearly one in four teens ate pizza for a meal or snack, researchers …

Greater sedentary time was associated with increased risk of adverse health outcomes, including early death, even in those who otherwise exercised regularly, a meta-analysis indicated. With data pooled from 41 primary research studies, researchers found that long periods of sitting time were positively correlated with all-cause mortality and other outcomes, …

Dutch researchers evaluated data on 300,039 type 2 adults on at least one prescription for an antidiabetes drug, and a comparison cohort without diabetes (controls) to determine the relationship between type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer. “We observed a moderate, yet (1.3-fold) significantly increased, risk of colorectal cancer in patients …

“The results from this study showed that inactive people with diabetes had a more than twofold increased risk of a first [acute] MI when compared with inactive people without diabetes,” the researchers wrote. “This excess risk was canceled out in people with diabetes who reported a high physical activity level. …