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Better outcomes with HbA1c reduction associated with intensification of OADs in type 2 diabetes.

Does reduction in gluten consumption provide long-term health benefits?

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In this week's Homerun Slides, therapeutic approaches for chronic kidney disease beyond Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockade.

Gluconeogenic pathways: Gluconeogenesis is the synthesis of glucose from three carbon precursors such as alanine, pyruvate, lactate, and glycerol and is essentially a reversal of glycolysis. Under normal conditions, 90% of gluconeogenesis occurs in liver, and the rest occurs mainly in the renal cortex. Other sites of gluconeogenesis, such as the small intestine have been suggested but remain controversial.

New evidence questions the idea of what is normal.