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SGLT Inhibitors Protect the Heart and Kidneys: Why Is Type 1 Diabetes Still the Exception?

SGLT inhibitor medication with glucose monitoring supplies and heart and kidney imagery representing potential cardiorenal benefits in type 1 diabetes.

SGLT inhibitors have changed the treatment landscape for cardiovascular and kidney disease, particularly in people with type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. That success raises an obvious question: why are SGLT inhibitors in type 1 diabetes still largely outside routine clinical practice? The answer is not a …

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Dialysis Changes the Rules: What Happens When Patients With Diabetes Use Real-Time CGM?

Patient with Type 2 diabetes using real-time CGM while receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

Managing glucose is rarely simple for people with Type 2 diabetes who receive maintenance hemodialysis. Dialysis can change glucose patterns, insulin needs, and the reliability of familiar measures such as A1C. As a result, clinicians may have an incomplete picture when making treatment decisions. New randomized research on CGM use …

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Your Eye Exam May Be Predicting More Than Vision Loss: AI Is Finding Hidden Diabetes Risks

Retinal AI analysis identifying cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic risks in a patient with diabetes

For people with diabetes, a retinal photograph has traditionally answered one major question: Is diabetic retinopathy developing? However, artificial intelligence is beginning to uncover much more. Emerging retinal AI models for systemic risk assessment can detect patterns associated with cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, blood pressure, and metabolic health. As a …

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Can AI and Digital Pathology Detect Diabetic Kidney Disease Earlier?

Artificial intelligence analyzing a digital kidney biopsy slide for early detection and classification of diabetic kidney disease in a pathology laboratory.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how healthcare professionals diagnose disease. But can computers identify kidney damage before it becomes obvious under a microscope? Researchers believe the answer may be yes. The combination of digital pathology, artificial intelligence, and diabetic kidney disease research is opening new opportunities to identify microscopic kidney …

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Why Cardiologists Are Looking Beyond Traditional SGLT2 Therapy

Medical illustration showing the heart, kidneys, and intestines connected by dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibition pathways to represent improved glucose control and heart failure protection.

The treatment landscape for type 2 diabetes has changed dramatically over the past decade. While selective SGLT2 inhibitors have become a cornerstone of diabetes management because of their proven cardiovascular and kidney benefits, researchers are now exploring the added potential of dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor therapy for people with diabetes. By …

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A Newly Discovered Form of Cell Death May Explain Why Diabetes Causes So Many Complications

Scientific illustration showing ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of cell death, contributing to diabetic complications affecting the kidneys, eyes, nerves, and heart.

Diabetes is known for raising blood sugar levels, but its long-term complications often have the greatest impact on health. Kidney disease, vision loss, nerve damage, and cardiovascular disease affect millions of people living with diabetes. For years, researchers focused on inflammation, oxidative stress, and poor circulation to explain these complications. …

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Not All Diabetic Kidney Disease Is the Same—Scientists Just Found a Hidden Subtype

Medical illustration showing a human kidney with an enlarged view of immune B-cell activity, representing a newly discovered diabetic kidney disease subtype associated with kidney inflammation.

For years, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has been viewed as a single condition that progresses in a fairly predictable way. However, new research suggests that this assumption may overlook important biological differences between patients. Scientists have now identified a previously hidden subtype of diabetic kidney disease marked by increased B-cell …

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Farxiga Just Went Generic—Will Lower Prices Finally Change Diabetes Care?

Prescription bottle of generic dapagliflozin (Farxiga) beside a blood glucose meter, stethoscope, heart model, and kidney model representing diabetes, cardiovascular, and kidney care.

For many people living with type 2 diabetes, the biggest challenge is not finding an effective medication. It is being able to afford it. That reality may begin to change now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic versions of Farxiga (dapagliflozin), potentially making …

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When Cardiology Meets Endocrinology: Why Diabetes Care Is Becoming a Team Sport

Multidisciplinary healthcare team including a cardiologist and endocrinologist collaborating on diabetes management with cardiovascular risk assessment in a modern clinical setting.

Not long ago, diabetes management focused primarily on controlling blood glucose levels. Today, that approach has evolved dramatically as cardiologists and endocrinologists increasingly work together to reduce cardiovascular risk. Thanks to groundbreaking cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs), clinicians now understand that treating type 2 diabetes means protecting the heart, kidneys, and …

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Beyond SGLT2 Inhibitors: Why Non-Steroidal MRAs Are Becoming the Third Pillar of Kidney Protection

Illustration of healthy kidneys with medication representing non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists alongside SGLT2 inhibitor therapy for diabetic kidney disease management.

For years, the treatment of diabetic kidney disease focused primarily on glycemic control and blood pressure management. More recently, SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists have transformed the landscape by reducing kidney disease progression and cardiovascular events. However, another therapeutic class is rapidly gaining recognition. Non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) …

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