Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in people with type 2 diabetes.…
Read More »Type 2 Drug Liraglutide Evens Glucose Levels, Lowers Insulin Needs in Type 1 Diabetes
By themselves, insulin-based treatments do not adequately control glycemic variations (or excursions) in type 1 diabetes in a consistent fashion.…
Read More »People with Diabetes Twice as Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age
Age-related hearing loss is more common in people with diabetes than those who don’t have it.…
Read More »CVD Risk Begins as Early as Adolescence for Girls with Type 1
Women with type 1 diabetes are at four times greater risk for CVD than those who don’t have diabetes, and pre-menopausal women with diabetes do not seem to have the beneficial effects on heart disease risk factors that other pre-menopausal women do….
Read More »Fatty Liver and Diabetic Kidney Disease: Caused by the Same Mechanisms?
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been linked to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.…
Read More »Continuous Glucose Monitoring an Option for Infants, Toddlers
Can continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) be used on infants and toddlers? Should it be?…
Read More »Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for Native American Youth
This study (299-OR) explored ways to modify the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program to make it culturally and age appropriate for Native American youth.…
Read More »Heart Risk Higher in Those Taking Sulfonylurea Drugs vs. Metformin
This retrospective study looking at data from an electronic health record database found that older patients with type 2 diabetes who started treatment with sulfonylurea (SU) drugs were significantly more likely to experience CVD than those who started with metformin….
Read More »GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Part I
Thanks to the great number of you who participated. As we put together the original survey our first thoughts were to find out what you wanted to know about GLP-1 analogs and what your impressions of the class of drugs are…. We asked you “what were the most important things …
Read More »Interview with Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, MACP
One of the leading diabetes researchers in the world, Dr. Aaron I. Vinik leads the EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center’s quest to cure diabetes. Internationally renowned for his research in the areas of hormone secreting tumors and the chronic complications of diabetes, Dr. Vinik has presented his work all over the world…. …
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