Diabetes
Conference Coverage
Diabetes Diagnosed at Acute MI Hits Women Harder
Major Finding: The 3-year mortality rate was 30% for women with known and newly diagnosed diabetes, 11% for those without diabetes, and 13% for...
Conference Coverage
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...
Conference Coverage
Insulin Degludec Edges Glargine on Hypoglycemia Rate
Major Finding: Insulin degludec produced a statistically significant 36% relative cut in nocturnal hypoglycemic episodes, compared with glargine...
Conference Coverage
Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Tied to Type 2 Diabetes Reversal
Major Finding: Up to 73% of obese patients with type 2 diabetes had normalized blood glucose after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.Data Source:...
News
Use of EHR Helps Improve Diabetes Control
Major Finding: After a certified EHR system was introduced, intensification of drug therapy, follow-up monitoring of response to treatment, and...
Conference Coverage
Severe Psoriasis Linked to Doubled Diabetes Risk
Major Finding: New-onset, severe psoriasis doubled the risk for incident diabetes during a median of 6 years compared with people without...
News
Hypoglycemia in ICU Patients Strongly Linked to Death
Major Finding: Mortality was 28.5% in 2,714 ICU patients who developed moderate hypoglycemia and 35.4% in the 223 who developed severe...
Managing Your Practice
Gastric Bypass Benefits Persist at 6 Years' Follow-Up
Major Finding: Six years after undergoing gastric bypass, patients showed a mean weight loss of 28%, a diabetes remission rate of 62%, a...
Conference Coverage
GRACE: Insulin Glargine Fails to Halt Atherosclerosis Progression
Major Finding: The rate of change in maximum carotid intima media thickness at 12 carotid sites was not significantly different between insulin...
News
Medicare Okays Wound Plasma Gel for Clinical Trial Patients
News
Radiation to Pancreas Linked with Diabetes in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Cancer survivors who received radiotherapy to the tail of the pancreas at a dose of 10 Gy or more during childhood were...