12.5 percent of U.S. adults delayed or did not get medical care in past 12 months because they were too busy to go to a provider
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58.7 Percent of U.S. Adults Walked for Leisure in Past Week in 2022
16.2 percent of adults walked for transportation, with men more likely to do so than women
Read More »Common Genetic Risk Seen for Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Cancer
Women with POI have increase in breast cancer, while relatives of these women have an increased risk for breast, colon, prostate cancers
Read More »FDA Warns of Accidental Overdoses From Compounded Versions of Ozempic
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People taking compounded versions of Ozempic have been overdosing on the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.These ODs typically are due to miscommunications or miscalculations regarding dosage, the FDA added.âDosing errors have resulted from patients measuring and …
Read More »Study Looks at Effects of Reducing Intake of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat
30 percent reduction in processed meat intake would lead to 352,900 fewer occurrences of T2DM, 92,500 fewer occurrences of CVD
Read More »Semaglutide Seems Beneficial for Comorbid T2DM, Tobacco Use Disorder
Lower risk for medical encounters for tobacco use disorder diagnosis seen in association with semaglutide versus other antidiabetes meds
Read More »GLP1RAs Tied to Greater Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Progression Than SGLT2is
No difference in ocular outcomes seen between the drugs among those without baseline diabetic retinopathy
Read More »Certain Abbott Blood Sugar Monitors May Give Incorrect Readings
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Abbott has warned diabetes patients that some of its continuous blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced because of inaccurate readings.“Abbott has recently identified a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may provide incorrect high …
Read More »Childhood Type 1 Diabetes Tied to Higher Risk of Later Psychiatric Diagnoses
Authors say findings unlikely to be due to common underlying biological mechanisms
Read More »Long-Term Sulfonylurea Use Tied to Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia
Odds are lessened with regular diabetes-related medical care
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