ASA Advises No Longer Holding GLP-1 Agents Prior to Surgery for Most Patients New guidance replaces earlier rec of a 1-week and 1-day hold of injectable and oral GLP-1 agents Oct 30, 2024
No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome Oct 28, 2024
Metformin and Congenital Abnormalities; Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia Also in TTHealthWatch: best medications for opioid use disorder Oct 26, 2024 podcast
Ozempic Linked With Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Diagnosis Large observational study suggests further research is warranted Oct 24, 2024
Scripts for GLP-1, SGLT2 Drugs on the Rise in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Findings leave researcher "concerned" Oct 23, 2024
No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events Oct 22, 2024
Serious Battery Issue Prompts Medtronic Insulin Pump Recall Problem linked to 170 reports of hyperglycemia and 11 ketoacidosis cases Oct 18, 2024
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Emerge in Teens Months After COVID Risk of new diabetes diagnosis was higher compared with non-COVID respiratory infections Oct 14, 2024
What Skin Says About Health Knowing what to look for can mean the difference between life and death Oct 03, 2024
Food Retention Risk Low for GLP-1 Users When Endoscopy Is Combined With Colonoscopy Bowel preparation protocols appeared protective in small study Oct 01, 2024
Happy People, Happy Hearts? Ultra-Processed Foods and Diabetes Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: AACR report on cancer Sep 28, 2024 podcast
GLP-1 Agent May Hold Opioid Use Disorder Benefit Researchers highlight semaglutide's potential value for preventing overdoses Sep 26, 2024
FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S. Sep 20, 2024
Coffee and Heart, Metabolic Risks; What Drives Doctors Away; Ozempic for $100? Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Sep 18, 2024
Early Data for GLP-1 Pill; FAERS Tirzepatide Reports; AI Diabetes Voice Screening More noteworthy research from the EASD 2024 meeting Sep 13, 2024
8-Hour Eating Window Improved Glycemic Control, Small Study Shows Three-day intervention boosted time spent in normal glucose range Sep 13, 2024
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier Sep 13, 2024
Weekly Insulin Efsitora Noninferior to Daily Degludec in Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes But higher severe hypoglycemia risk with efsitora in type 1 diabetes likely precludes its use Sep 10, 2024
New Studies Fuel Debate Over GLP-1 Drugs and Suicide Risk No link found in nationwide data from Sweden and Denmark and in analysis of STEP trials Sep 03, 2024
FDA Clears First Automated Insulin-Delivery Tech for Type 2 Diabetes SmartAdjust technology is used in Insulet's Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System Aug 27, 2024
Matthew Perry's Doc Reopens Clinic; Trump's Medical Records; Drug Cuts Diabetes Risk Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Aug 21, 2024
Here's How Compounders Make Popular Weight-Loss Drugs From sourcing API to getting the final formulation just right Aug 19, 2024
Is Medicare's Negotiated Drug Price List Worth Celebrating? Depends on Whom You Ask. Reactions from physician and consumer groups were positive, but drugmakers begged to differ Aug 16, 2024
GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes Tied to Lower Hyperkalemia Rates Class was compared with DPP4-inhibitors Aug 12, 2024
Dementia Risk Dropped With Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Certain Patients Brain markers of degeneration, injury were better, too Aug 12, 2024
What's the Best Way to Help Specialists Succeed? Beef Up Primary Care Let us handle the garden-variety hypertension and diabetes, and give them the complex cases Aug 12, 2024
Poor Physical Function Likely the Main Reason for Higher Fracture Risk in T2D Skeletal characteristics may not be to blame among older women Aug 06, 2024
Prescription-Free Online Semaglutide Is Risky Business Over 40% of pharmacy sites offering GLP-1 drug without a script are known to operate illegally Aug 05, 2024
Aerosmith Retires After Injury; All Zepbound Doses Now Available; Guacamole Recalled Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Aug 05, 2024
NIH Loses in Court; NSYNC Member's New Diagnosis; Chief Resident Dies at 32 Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Aug 02, 2024
Semaglutide May Help Smokers Quit, Study Suggests Use for diabetes tied to fewer medical visits for tobacco use disorder versus other antidiabetics Jul 30, 2024
Hint of Alzheimer's Benefit Seen With GLP-1 Drug Slower cognitive decline, less brain volume loss in early liraglutide study Jul 30, 2024
FDA Warns of Overdoses With Compounded Semaglutide Multi-dose vials pose complications for self-administration Jul 29, 2024
Kim Jong Un's Health Problems; Seine Olympic Event Nixed Again; Vegan Diet and Aging Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Jul 29, 2024
Can App Data Link Sleep and Chronic Disease?; AI Model to Manage Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: a monoclonal antibody for ulcerative colitis Jul 27, 2024 podcast
FBI Probes Trump's Injury; RFK Jr. Pushes Farm Therapy; Glucose Monitor Warning Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff Jul 26, 2024
People Without Diabetes Make Up Growing Share of GLP-1 Users Approximately one-fourth of new users in 2023 did not have type 2 diabetes Jul 22, 2024
Nasal Sprays for Respiratory Infections; Paxlovid in COVID Prevention Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes in kids after COVID Jul 20, 2024 podcast
We've Been Here Before: The Politicization of Drug Pricing Ensuring medication access does not have to come at the cost of innovation Jul 16, 2024
