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AHA releases scientific statement on diabetic foot ulcers in cardiovascular patients
Qualitative and quantitative research is needed to resolve the reasons behind amputations for diabetic foot ulcers, the American Heart Association (AHA) said.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/3.htm
12 Jan 2024
Most second-line treatments for type 2 diabetes modified within year of initiation
Among patients with type 2 diabetes put on a second-line drug, 38.6% discontinued the medication within one year of starting, 19.8% intensified the medications, and 5.2% of patients switched drug classes, according to data from over 82,000 U.S. patients.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/2.htm
12 Jan 2024
Spotlight on the 2024 Standards of Care
The American Diabetes Association made its annual updates to the Standards of Care in Diabetes, addressing newer drug classes and growing evidence for bariatric surgery and heart failure screening, among many other changes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/5.htm
12 Jan 2024
Liraglutide had best outcomes in trial of second-line therapies added to metformin
Patients randomized to liraglutide had a 60.3% risk of reaching a composite outcome of glycemic deterioration, weight gain, or hypoglycemia compared with 81.4% on glimepiride, 71.9% on glargine, and 69.6% on sitagliptin.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/09/1.htm
9 Feb 2024
Physical activity may weaken association between cognitive decline and diabetes
Diabetes increased risk for cognitive impairment among inactive but not active adults in a cohort study in Brazil, and active adults with diabetes developed cognitive impairment 2.73 years later, on average, than the inactive diabetes patients.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/1.htm
12 Jan 2024
CGM use linked with modest HbA1c decreases in patients with type 2 diabetes
Real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) increased the percent of time in range among patients with type 2 diabetes compared with self-monitoring, and both real-time and flash CGM lowered HbA1c levels, a meta-analysis found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/08/3.htm
8 Dec 2023
Finerenone works by quickly lowering albuminuria, analysis finds
Reductions in the urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio within four months were responsible for 84% of the treatment effect of finerenone on kidney outcomes and 37% of that on cardiovascular outcomes, according to an industry-funded four-year analysis of trials in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/08/6.htm
8 Dec 2023
Baricitinib may preserve beta-cell function in early stages of type 1 diabetes
An editorial noted that increasing knowledge developed from trials of patients with early type 1 diabetes could eventually enable treatment to prevent clinical disease.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/08/2.htm
8 Dec 2023
High-normal albumin-to-creatinine ratio associated with CV events in type 2 diabetes
Patients with an elevated urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, even below 30 mg/g, were at increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events, a post hoc analysis of the ACCORD trial found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/3.htm
10 Nov 2023
Women more likely to have pain with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Cardiometabolic factors traditionally associated with microvascular disease were not associated with risk for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes, a European study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/2.htm
10 Nov 2023