Few with type 2 diabetes receive guideline-recommended CKD screening
Jul 01, 2024
24.9 percent received creatinine and UACR screening; Hispanic ethnicity associated with lack of screening
Timing of metformin important in metformin-treated type 2 diabetes
Jun 21, 2024
Glucose lowering is greater when metformin is given before rather than with enteral glucose; this is also linked to greater GLP-1 response.
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Vitamin D suggested for children, seniors, those with high-risk prediabetes
Jun 10, 2024
No evidence was seen to support routine 25(OH)D screening in the general population.
Semaglutide cuts risk for kidney outcomes, death in CKD with T2DM
May 31, 2024
A reduction was seen in risk for clinically important kidney outcomes and death from cardiovascular causes.
Men face more diabetes complications than women
May 17, 2024
The findings were independent of diabetes duration over a 10-year period.
Healthful plant-based diet may lower risk for Type 2 diabetes
Jan 22, 2024
The association with a lower risk for T2DM was partially mediated by lower BMI, lower waist circumference and lower HbA1c and triglycerides.
Nerve decompression may ease painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Mar 28, 2024
Nerve decompression was associated with reduced pain, but equal improvement was seen in decompressed and sham legs.
Lipid-lowering drugs save lives, but use decreasing
Dec 01, 2023
In 2019 to 2020, 56% of patients with high cholesterol were on statins for primary prevention and 85% were on them for secondary prevention.
Risk for CKD, CVD lower for adults with evidence of type 2 diabetes remission
Jan 26, 2024
Significantly lower risks of chronic kidney disease and composite cardiovascular disease measure were seen for those with any remission.