Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were created to treat diabetes, but noted to ameliorate cardiovascular events.
Read More »High Deductibles Leading to Reduced Medication Adherence Among Patients with Diabetes
Health plans with high deductibles require thousands of dollars out-of-pocket and have a known association with delays in treatment; a repeated cross-sectional study found they are also associated with medication non-adherence.
Read More »SGLT2is and GLP-1 RAs Show Best Cardiovascular Results when Initiated Sooner
The case for why an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 receptor agonist should be initiated early in diabetes treatment, regardless of whether the patient is on insulin therapy.
Read More »Gut Microbiome – Identifying Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Artificial intelligence fingerprints gut flora, linking clusters of microbial species with type 1 diabetes development.
Read More »Preventing Diabetes with Antihypertensives
Researchers showed that elevated blood pressure is a modifiable risk factor for new-onset type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Black & Hispanic Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life
The mean age at diagnosis of diabetes for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic adults was 4-7 years earlier than for non-Hispanic white adults.
Read More »Processed Versus Intact Whole Grains and Glycemic Control
Many foods are marked with the whole-grain stamp of approval, but are these products equivalent in terms of glycemic control?
Read More »Preventing Misdiagnosis between Type 1 and Type 2
A program testing type 1 diabetes patients’ C-peptide levels found that approximately half of the group had a different form of diabetes.
Read More »Why Fractures and Falls in Type 2 Diabetes?
A prospective study found an increased risk for fractures and falls among older women with type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Efpeglenatide Has Cardiovascular and Renal Benefit Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
Efpeglenatide has proven to significantly reduce several risk factors for cardiovascular and kidney disease.
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