Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on psychological impacts
Managing diabetes can negatively impact quality of life for people with the disease, so doctors should consider a patient's treatment burden and the “whole person” when setting goals, 2 studies suggest.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/11/9.htm
11 Jul 2014
Spotlight on diabetic eye disease
The prevalence and treatment of diabetes complications affecting the eye were analyzed by multiple studies published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/10/8.htm
10 Jan 2014
Spotlight on cardiovascular disease in women with diabetes
Two recent studies looked at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in women with type 2 diabetes, finding that fenofibrate may be associated with lowered risk and sulfonylureas with increased risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/12/8.htm
12 Sep 2014
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 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 innovative uses of CGM
Recent trials indicated effectiveness of open-source automated insulin delivery systems, inpatient insulin management based on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and CGM for certain patients with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/16/5.htm
16 Sep 2022
Spotlight on statins in diabetes
Recent studies looked at how statins negatively affect glycemic control but improve cardiovascular mortality, as well as the reasons patients with diabetes don't receive prescriptions for statins despite recommendations.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2023
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 predicting cardiovascular events
Predicting cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes was the focus of multiple recent studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/10/7.htm
10 Jun 2016
Spotlight on the state of diabetes
From the ancient Egyptians to current pilot projects, two recent articles in the New England Journal of Medicine reviewed the history and current state of diabetes care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/12/11.htm
12 Oct 2012