Diabetes
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery’s benefit persists in type 2 diabetes
Major finding: Significantly more patients treated with one of two types of bariatric surgery achieved the HbA1c target (37.5% and 24.5%) after 3...
Conference Coverage
Aleglitazar failed to reduce cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes
Major finding: Aleglitazar failed to improve cardiovascular outcomes when compared with placebo and was linked with an increased risk of adverse...
News
Adding HbA1c doesn’t improve CVD risk assessment
Major finding: HbA1c levels did nothing to help distinguish participants who developed CVD from those who did not, and adding HbA1c values to...
Conference Coverage
Nanotherapies make inroads in wound regeneration
Guidelines
New cholesterol guidelines would add 13 million new statin users
Major finding: The new ACC-AHA cholesterol guidelines could increase number of statin users by 13 million.Data source: Extrapolation of NHANES...
News
TNFR1 shown as marker for mortality risk in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease
Major finding: Increased rate of death correlated with increased rates of TNFR1 across quartiles: 4.7% patient years; 7.7%; 9.3%; 15.9%.Data...
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Personal health records help mentally ill patients with comorbidities access medical services
Major finding: The proportion of eligible preventive services received increased in the PHR group from 24% at baseline to 40% at the 12-month...
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Mindfulness training shifts diabetic patients off autopilot
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Rising to the challenge of glucose control before and after surgery
Major finding: Patients with diabetes and thyroid disorder require special handling before, during, and after surgery.Data source: A review of...
News
High burden of insulin-related hypoglycemia
Major Finding: Insulin-related hypoglycemia causes an estimated 97,648 ED visits every year, with the highest rate (34.9 cases per 1,000 patients...
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Acute kidney dysfunction related to nonviral comorbidities in chronic HCV
Major finding: Acute kidney dysfunction was significantly more likely to develop in HCV patients who had comorbid diabetes (47.6% prevalence,...