Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on metformin
The benefits of metformin treatment were highlighted by a few intriguing studies published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/14/8.htm
14 Dec 2012
Spotlight on new diabetes technologies
Technological advances that could improve diabetes control in the future made the news in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/14/10.htm
14 Feb 2014
Spotlight on diabetes medications and cancer risks
The risks of cancer in patients taking medication for diabetes were analyzed by 2 recent studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/13/8.htm
13 Dec 2013
Spotlight on metformin
Metformin—including its use, effects, and mechanisms—was the focus of some research published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/14/9.htm
14 Nov 2014
Spotlight on diet
Diet and diabetes were the focus of two recent large studies—one an umbrella review of the impact of diet patterns on diabetes incidence and the other a prospective study of fat intake and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2019
Spotlight on the diabetic foot
Recent diabetes research analyzed trends in lower-extremity amputations in Ontario, Canada, as well as how health literacy, procalcitonin, and mortality risk relate to diabetic foot infection outcomes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/13/5.htm
13 Sep 2019
Spotlight on diabetes, drugs, and dementia
Low-dose aspirin was associated with reduced risk of dementia in women but not men with diabetes, and long-term use of metformin was associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease among patients with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/13/5.htm
13 Dec 2019
Spotlight on genetic risks
One study found that counseling about genetic risk for diabetes does not lead at-risk patients to lose weight, while another determined that advice on fat consumption does not need to be individualized based on genetic risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/09/5.htm
9 Aug 2019
Spotlight on bone density
Recent research quantified vertebral fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes, compared fracture risks of starting sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors or dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, and measured bone mineral density in patients with type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/08/5.htm
8 Nov 2019
Spotlight on trends in diabetes prevalence and outcomes
Several recent analyses of national health care data assessed the prevalence of diabetes and its complications in the U.S.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/09/9.htm
9 May 2014