There are ways that senior living community executive directors and nursing home administrators can help residents under their care reduce their weight, if necessary.
Team care with clinical decision support system beneficial for type 2 diabetes patients
Dec 06, 2022
Significantly greater decreases were seen in HbA1c levels, LDL-C levels and systolic blood pressure for team-based care with versus without a clinical decision support system.
Preexisting type 2 diabetes tied to later stage of cancer diagnosis
Dec 02, 2022
An increased risk was seen for nonscreenable cancers.
Loneliness, but not social isolation, tied to CVD risk with diabetes
Jul 03, 2023
Loneliness was found to be a stronger predictor than lifestyle factors.
Statin use increased from 1999-2000 to 2013-2014, then plateaued
Dec 04, 2023
No change was seen in the proportion using statins from 2013-2014 to 2017-2018 for those with diabetes and with ASCVD risk greater than 20%.
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Dec 20, 2023
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Inequities seen in GLP-1 RA use for type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
Jan 05, 2022
Asian, Black, Hispanic and low-income patients were less likely to receive treatment with a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist for type 2 diabetes.
Dasatinib beneficial in type 2 diabetes
Nov 24, 2021
Patients treated with dasatinib had a mean reduction in serum glucose concentration and a relative decrease in body weight.
Newly diagnosed diabetes at COVID-19 admission profiled
Mar 02, 2022
Lower levels of glucose and HbA1c, and higher levels of inflammatory markers, were seen in COVID-19 patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus versus preexisting diabetes.
FDA expands approval of Jardiance for patients with heart failure
Feb 28, 2022
Jardiance received approval to reduce the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for patients with heart failure.