Search results for "From ACP Internist"
Nearly 50% of older U.S. adults reported taking aspirin preventively
A study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2011 to 2018 found that 46.7% of respondents ages 60 years and older used aspirin for primary or secondary cardiovascular disease prevention and suggested potential overuse in certain groups.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/09/7.htm
9 Jul 2021
GLP-1 receptor agonists associated with thyroid cancer
Patients taking a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist had about one and a half times the risk of developing thyroid cancer compared to similar controls, according to an observational French study.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/09/6.htm
9 Dec 2022
Managing patients with diabetes and heart failure
Conference coverage from the Heart Failure Society of America's annual meeting focuses on patients with both diabetes and heart failure.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/08/8.htm
8 Nov 2019
Exercise tips for type 1 diabetes offered by consensus statement
The consensus statement advises physicians about ways to manage people with type 1 diabetes who exercise regularly, including glucose targets for safe and effective exercise and nutritional and insulin dose adjustments to protect against exercise-related glucose excursions.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/10/8.htm
10 Feb 2017
Group-based lifestyle intervention reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
Participants in the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study who underwent multiple educational group sessions that included 50-minute sessions of supervised physical activity had significantly lower odds of type 2 diabetes during a mean follow-up of two years compared to those who received usual care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/9.htm
13 Nov 2020
Gastric bypass benefits persist over long-term follow-up, study finds
At 12 years, patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass had significantly greater weight loss and lower risk of diabetes than those who didn't receive surgery.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/13/7.htm
13 Oct 2017
ADA conference coverage on kidneys, weight, and insulin switches
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2020 Scientific Sessions were held virtually in June and covered in the August ACP Hospitalist and September ACP Internist.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/11/8.htm
11 Sep 2020
Reconciling conflicting diabetes guidance
ACP Internist discusses disagreement among professional medical societies on appropriate glycemic control goals following ACP's recent guidance recommending a higher target HbA1c.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/08/8.htm
8 Jun 2018
Diabetes remission through diet may be doable, with support
An article in the May ACP Internist discusses how intensive lifestyle interventions may be able to send type 2 diabetes into remission for selected patients.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/11/8.htm
11 May 2018
Paternal metformin use associated with major birth defects
A prospective registry-based study in Denmark found that offspring of men who filled one or more prescriptions for metformin during the three months of developing fertilizing sperm were more likely to have a birth defect, while insulin and sulfonylureas were not associated with increased risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/08/6.htm
8 Apr 2022