Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on insulin costs
A study compared patients' HbA1c levels on human and analogue insulins, a report analyzed insulin price changes between 2012 and 2016, and politicians asked pharma companies for answers.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/08/5.htm
8 Feb 2019
Spotlight on perceptions of glycemic control
Patients' perceptions of their glycemic control may have more effect on their psychological well-being than actual glycemic measurements, according to two new studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/09/5.htm
9 Aug 2024
Spotlight on weekly insulins
Pharmaceutical manufacturers recently published studies on investigational basal insulin formulations that could be taken once a week by patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/12/5.htm
12 May 2023
Spotlight on potential risks of DPP-4 inhibitors
Recent studies examined potential associations of the drugs with heart failure, pancreatic cancer, and fractures.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/11/9.htm
11 Mar 2016
Spotlight on self-management
One study found that personalized text messaging improved patients' self-management while another looked at the potential value of providing social comparisons to other patients' diabetes control.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/08/5.htm
8 Jun 2018
Spotlight on type 1 diabetes and pregnancy
One recent study examined rates of autism spectrum disorder in children in California, while another in Sweden compared birth defects in infants of mothers with type 1 diabetes and infants of mothers without diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/13/5.htm
13 Jul 2018
Spotlight on guidelines
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology updated their algorithm for treatment of type 2 diabetes, while the American Diabetes Association released a position statement on management of diabetes in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/12/7.htm
12 Feb 2016
Spotlight on the kidneys
Two recent studies analyzed the renal effects of medications for type 2 diabetes, one finding lower rates of acute kidney injury with sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and the other finding reduced onset of macroalbuminuria with liraglutide.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/08/5.htm
8 Sep 2017
Spotlight on demographic trends in diabetes
Recent studies looked at prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S.; trends in hospitalization for diabetic ketoacidosis; and the prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/13/5.htm
13 Apr 2018
Spotlight on racial differences in risk assessment
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association offered guidance on the epidemiology of diabetes among Asian American people, while an analysis of the algorithms for predicting type 2 diabetes found that they make lower estimates of risk in Black patients than White.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/09/5.htm
9 Jun 2023