Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on amputations
Recent studies analyzed data on lower-extremity amputations among patients with diabetes, including recent trends in this complication and its associated mortality, effects of the pandemic, and relationships with diabetes drugs.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/14/5.htm
14 Aug 2020
Spotlight on heart failure and diabetes
A new study validated a score for predicting risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, while another looked at historical trends in heart failure hospitalizations in U.S. diabetes patients.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/11/5.htm
11 Dec 2020
Spotlight on pioglitazone
Evidence on possible risks of pioglitazone, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and fractures, made the news in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/13/9.htm
13 Jan 2017
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 drug comparisons
Outcomes and costs of different classes of diabetes drugs were compared by studies published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/08/7.htm
8 Apr 2016
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 vitamin D
One study found more cardiovascular events in diabetic patients with vitamin D deficiency, while a trial found no effect of vitamin D supplements on cardiovascular biomarkers, and a genetic meta-analysis suggested that associations between vitamin D levels and diabetes are not causal.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/5.htm
13 Nov 2020
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 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 metformin
In the past month, a new meta-analysis compared metformin to other diabetes drugs, and the FDA expanded metformin's indications in patients with reduced kidney function.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/13/7.htm
13 May 2016