Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on diabetes, drugs, and dementia
Low-dose aspirin was associated with reduced risk of dementia in women but not men with diabetes, and long-term use of metformin was associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease among patients with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/13/5.htm
13 Dec 2019
Spotlight on glycemic variability
Recent research quantified the association between visit-to-visit variability in HbA1c levels and risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/10/5.htm
10 Apr 2020
Spotlight on geriatrics
Older patients with diabetes were the focus of several recent studies, including one that looked at associations between glycemic control and mortality and two that compared second-line medication options.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/10/5.htm
10 Mar 2017
Spotlight on cognitive effects of diabetes
Two recent studies looked at the effects of diabetes on the brain, one focusing on mild cognitive impairment and the other on brain imaging findings.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/12/5.htm
12 May 2017
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 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 the Diabetes Prevention Program
Data from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Outcomes Study showed little effect of diabetes prevention efforts on patients' cognition or coronary artery calcium, according two recent studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/09/5.htm
9 Jun 2017
Spotlight on diabetes incidence in the pandemic
Two studies tried to determine whether COVID-19 infection leads to a subsequent increase in the risk of developing diabetes, while another highlighted how type 2 diabetes has risen among youth since the start of the pandemic.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/10/5.htm
10 Feb 2023
Spotlight on youth-onset type 2 diabetes
One study found that patients who developed type 2 diabetes as children had high rates of diabetes complications, while another used genetic analysis to identify patients who actually had maturity-onset diabetes of the young but had been diagnosed with youth-onset type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/13/5.htm
13 Aug 2021
Spotlight on glycemic control during the pandemic
Several new studies showed that among patients with type 1 diabetes, glycemic control improved and diabetic ketoacidosis decreased during COVID-19 lockdowns, while patients with type 2 diabetes showed the opposite trend during the pandemic.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/10/08/5.htm
8 Oct 2021