Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients But do these initiatives work? Mar 26, 2023
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn't the Only Player Driving Prices Casting a light on profiteering methods of price mediators Mar 12, 2023
Are High Costs of Newer Diabetes Drugs Deterring Eligible Patients? Data show most eligible patients are not using GLP-1 receptor agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors Feb 27, 2023
Zero-Cal Sweetener Erythritol Disappoints on Cardiovascular Safety Keto-friendly food additive carries unknown long-term health effects Feb 27, 2023
Old Drug May Help Protect People With Diabetes Against Dementia Those with history of ischemic heart disease or stroke saw greatest protection with pioglitazone Feb 15, 2023
Does COVID Vaccine Blunt Elevated Diabetes Risk After Infection? Unvaccinated had a 78% higher risk for new-onset diabetes; no link seen among the vaccinated Feb 14, 2023
Lower Blood Pressure Better in Pregnancy With Diabetes Going even lower on blood pressure appeared to help in a secondary trial analysis Feb 13, 2023
Phthalates Exposure Tied to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in White Women But possible selection bias may have negated this risk in women of color, researchers say Feb 08, 2023
No Visual Acuity Benefit With Early Anti-VEGF for Diabetic Retinopathy "May not be worth the risk and inconvenience to the patient," researcher says Feb 07, 2023
Can High-Dose Vitamin D Prevent Diabetes? While three trials found no net benefit, combining them yielded significant risk reduction Feb 06, 2023
ED Screening Program Picks Up Lots of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases EHR alerts at Chicago ED flagged about three in 10 at-risk patients for HbA1c testing Jan 26, 2023
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023
Diabetes Drug for Cats Now Approved in Humans Too Oral SGLT2 inhibitor bexagliflozin indicated for adults with type 2 diabetes Jan 23, 2023
Sodium Nitrite in Food, Water Tied to Type 2 Diabetes Risk Observational study serves up "new piece of evidence" for debate over additives Jan 17, 2023
How Many Times Do You Need to Get Out of Your Chair in an Otherwise Sedentary Day? Trial tested walking break doses to counter ill effects of prolonged sitting Jan 12, 2023
Type 2 Diabetes Patients Can Also Benefit From Fully Closed-Loop System Users spent twice as much time in target glucose range vs standard insulin therapy, study showed Jan 11, 2023
Dementia Accompanying Cardiometabolic Disease: Does It Come Down to Genetics? Twin study suggests special monitoring in some individuals Dec 29, 2022
Competitor Poised to Take on Obesity Treatment Giant Wegovy in 2023 Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk scramble to rectify supply shortages Dec 28, 2022
The Year SGLT2 Inhibitors Became Full-Fledged Heart Failure Drugs Treatment no longer limited by ejection fraction Dec 27, 2022
Glycemic Control With Insulin Barely Budged Over the Past 30 Years Rates of hyperglycemia also remained elevated for racial and ethnic minorities Dec 20, 2022
Metformin Protective Against Joint Replacement in Type 2 Diabetes Daily users saw lower risks for total knee, hip replacements Dec 19, 2022
Fecal Transplant Failed to Boost Effects of Bariatric Surgery No impact on weight loss or metabolism compared with placebo, small study found Dec 16, 2022
Innovation Is Critical to Stop Disparities in Diabetes Care We must explore how new technologies can help Dec 10, 2022
Treating Obesity Should Be Our Healthcare Moonshot Behavioral health changes alone will only do so much Nov 21, 2022
FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Teplizumab will not be subject to a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy program, after all Nov 18, 2022
Mixed Results With Pemafibrate in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes No impact on CV events in PROMINENT; developer brings trial to an end Nov 06, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression; What's the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant? Also in TTHealthWatch: hormone therapy to prevent chronic disease Nov 05, 2022 podcast
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
Low-Carb Diet Helps Cut HbA1c in Prediabetes Could be a useful approach for preventing, treating type 2 diabetes, says researcher Oct 26, 2022
Insulin Rationing Common Among Patients With Diabetes More than a million Americans may be engaging in the risky practice, researchers said Oct 17, 2022
SGLT2 Inhibitors, GLP-1 RAs Not Cost-Effective as First-Line T2D Agents Cost-effectiveness study compared lifetime costs with first-line metformin Oct 03, 2022
Women With Type 2 Diabetes Die Sooner Than Men, Study Suggests Other groups at risk for early mortality include smokers, those diagnosed at younger ages Sep 23, 2022
Hysterectomy: Another Diabetes Risk Factor? Preservation of ovaries played into this association Sep 22, 2022
Eye Damage Can Start in Prediabetes Study found significant corneal nerve damage even before full-blown type 2 diabetes Sep 22, 2022
Our Hands Are Tied: Treating Prediabetes in Kids We urgently need more research on pharmacological interventions for this growing epidemic Sep 14, 2022
Do Some ΔΎΉΟΦ±²₯ Need to Get Better at Documenting Hypertension in Patient Notes? Study finds settings where BP documentation is especially lax Sep 11, 2022
Prescribing of Newer Diabetes Drugs Not Up to Snuff in Black Patients? Study among veterans suggests disparities in prescription rates for these type 2 diabetes drugs Sep 06, 2022
How Have Glucagon Costs Changed in Recent Years? Wholesale costs spiked from 2010 to 2020, but out-of-pocket prices remained mostly stable Aug 30, 2022
