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Association strongest in younger and middle-aged groups and for diabetes-related deaths
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For Seniors With T2DM, Insulin Use Up With Poor Health
Individuals with poor and intermediate versus good health more likely to continue insulin use
Read More »Hurricanes Up Mortality Risk for Seniors With Diabetes
In the first month after Katrina and Rita, all-cause mortality spiked 40 percent among seniors with diabetes
Read More »Dapagliflozin Lowers Risk for Worsening Heart Failure
Findings seen among patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, irrespective of diabetes
Read More »Higher Fat Mass May Up Risk for Major Adverse CV Events in T2DM
However, increasing lean body mass does not appear to have a protective effect
Read More »SGLT2 Inhibitors Linked to Lower Risk for Heart Failure
Risk lower for HF, but not major CV events, compared with new users of DPP4 inhibitors
Read More »Linagliptin Noninferior for CV Risk in Early Type 2 Diabetes
Linagliptin compared with glimepiride for risk for major cardiovascular events in T2DM with elevated CV risk
Read More »CV Risk Lower With Metformin in T2DM + Reduced Kidney Function
Risk for major adverse cardiovascular events reduced with metformin compared with a sulfonylurea
Read More »Rates of Diabetes Higher at Lower BMIs Among Minorities
At normal body weight, rates for diabetes three times higher in Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Read More »Diabetes Distress Common at Large Midwestern University
Findings based on survey of university-affiliated students, staff with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes
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