Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on second-line therapies
Two recent studies considered whether initiation of second-line therapies in patients already taking metformin for type 2 diabetes occurs too soon or too late.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/13/5.htm
13 Oct 2017
Spotlight on genetic risk for diabetes
Recent studies looked at biomarkers to predict diabetes, characteristics of patients who developed type 1 diabetes during adulthood, and use of oral insulin to try to prevent type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/08/5.htm
8 Dec 2017
Spotlight on wound healing for diabetic foot ulcers
Recent trials examined the potential effects of probiotic supplements and sucrose octasulfate dressings.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/12/5.htm
12 Jan 2018
Spotlight on the value of care
One recent study found overtreatment of type 2 diabetes among elderly patients, while another looked at how many patients with diabetes would be referred to a liver specialist under proposed European guidelines.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/09/5.htm
9 Feb 2018
Spotlight on fenofibrate
Recent analyses of the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) trial looked at the effects of fenofibrate on gout and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/09/5.htm
9 Mar 2018
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 hypoglycemia
Two recent studies looked at the incidence of hypoglycemia among patients with diabetes around the world, while another offered an intervention to reduce hypoglycemia in patients with impaired awareness of it.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/11/5.htm
11 May 2018
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 diabetic retinopathy
Recent studies looked at diabetic retinopathy's associations with age-related macular degeneration, chronic kidney disease, and different classes of diabetes drugs.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/10/5.htm
10 Aug 2018