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With already increased risk of weight gain in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, certain traits in these children can also be markers for even higher weight gain…. 

Available studies to date looking at the benefits of using SGLT-2 inhibitors have shown positive results…. The discovery of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, with a novel mechanism independent of insulin secretion or sensitization, offered a new therapeutic approach for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this …

Adolescents with type 2 diabetes are at risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease early on in life…. 

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: What drugs block glucose absorption How to titrate this class of drugs Learn the contraindications and precautions for the glucose blocking drugs Discover which other drugs can cause serious side effects when used with drugs that block glucose absorption   …

Just 2 or more servings a day can pack on the pounds…. 

Eating pistachio nuts and almonds could help protect against developing type 2 diabetes in individuals who are already at high risk…. 

Analysis of DNA data reveals important information in largest diabetes genetic study to date…. 

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: Drug interactions with potential for clinical significance for metformin Contraindications and precautions for metformin Class contraindications and precautions for TZD’s Which TZD interactions are serious and how it is metabolized  

Women with diabetes were at 40% to 50% greater risk for developing and dying from coronary heart disease than diabetic men, and sex disparities in pharmacotherapy didn’t appear to explain the excess risk…. 

Dapagliflozin as an add-on therapy to glimepiride, pioglitazone, or sitagliptin significantly reduces postprandial plasma glucose in type 2 diabetes patients….