Diabetes
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Novel GLP-1 agonist dulaglutide wins AWARD for type 2 diabetes
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Adult diabetes rate highest in West Virginia
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4B trial showcases novel strategy in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes
Major Finding: Patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes, despite their being on metformin and optimized basal insulin, had better...
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Education improved impaired hypoglycemia awareness
Major finding: The median Gold score measuring impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) dropped significantly among all participants, from 5 at...
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Consensus statement: Data on cancer, pancreatitis do not warrant change in prescribing of antihyperglycemics
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Multidisciplinary approach maintains weight loss in diabetes patients
Major finding: Four years after intervention, 48% of patients maintained an average 10% weight loss, compared with their baseline weight. Data...
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Antipsychotics triple risk of type 2 diabetes in young people
Major finding: Children and young people who started antipsychotic medication were three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within 1...
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Pilot study: Mindfulness stress reduction benefits diabetes patients
Major finding: Women with type-2 diabetes who received mindfulness-based stress-reduction training had an average 0.7% decrease in hemoglobin A1c....
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Nutrition society drafts diabetes-prevention recommendations
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Depression linked to accelerated cognitive decline in diabetes
Major finding: In patients with type 2 diabetes, those with depression showed significantly greater decline on all cognitive tests than did...
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Higher glucose linked to increased dementia risk
Major Finding: The adjusted hazard ratio for dementia was 1.18 in subjects without diabetes with an average glucose level of 115 mg/dL in the...