Probiotic supplements may be considered as an adjunct treatment for glycemic control in women who are pregnant and have gestational diabetes.

Children of mothers with untreated gestational diabetes mellitus are at risk of insulin resistance and impairment in glucose metabolism.

In patients with stage 3 kidney disease, metformin use may be safe and may reduce the risk of mortality and cardiovascular events.

Linkage studies identify regions of the genome that are shared more frequently than would be expected by chance by relatives affected by a particular disease. Most studies analyze affected sibling pairs and utilize genetic markers that are scattered throughout the genome at moderate density, typically microsatellites. A significant excess of allele sharing identical by-descent (IBD) in affected sibpairs suggests that the region containing the marker locus also contains a disease susceptibility locus. The first linkage scan for T1DM identified 20 chromosomal regions with suggestive evidence of linkage to disease, including the HLA and INS gene regions.

Increased heart rate in people with CAD has shown to increase diagnosis risk despite BMI and blood pressure.

FDA examines solvent used in production process.

Higher prevalence of heart disease studied in older people who have type 1.

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Male, 57 years of age, type 2 diabetes. He started with us 6 months ago. When he started seeing us, he was taking  glipizide 10mg twice a day and metformin 1,000 twice daily for his glucose. His A1C was 7.5%, his BMI was 24. We stopped his glipizide and started him on a SGLT-2 and a weekly GLP-1. He met with the dietitian and made some big dietary changes, at least at the start. He also started wearing a CGM and was in our remote monitoring program. He sent me his CGM readings weekly for 4 months. He was doing so well, we decided he need not send me his weekly numbers but rather we’d review during his visits.

In this week's Homerun Slides, we conclude with a look at the future direction of diabetes apps.