Search results for "From Annals of Internal Medicine"
Latest Beyond the Guidelines, In the Clinic target diabetes
An endocrinologist and a nephrologist discuss appropriate care for type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and the evidence supporting type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment are reviewed.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/14/6.htm
14 Jun 2024
State caps on insulin costs for commercially insured didn't increase insulin use
Limits on out-of-pocket costs did lower patients' insulin expenses, but the effect was mostly limited to those with health savings accounts, a pre-post comparison among U.S. states found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/6.htm
12 Apr 2024
Medicare coverage of semaglutide would be costly
Covering semaglutide for patients who are overweight and have cardiovascular disease could cost Medicare an additional $34 to $145 billion annually, researchers estimated.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/13/7.htm
13 Sep 2024
Little difference in dementia risk with SGLT-2s vs. dulaglutide
Older patients with type 2 diabetes starting sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors had an estimated difference of less than a percentage point in five-year risk of clinical onset of dementia compared with those starting the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist dulaglutide, a South Korean study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/13/6.htm
13 Sep 2024
Case report of DKA from a gout flare
A recently published case described a patient with a history of tophaceous gout who developed diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) during a severe acute polyarticular gout flare.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/13/9.htm
13 Sep 2024
Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists rose steeply in past decade, study finds
A million U.S. patients, mostly women, started taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists between 2011 and 2023, according to an analysis of medical records across the country.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/09/6.htm
9 Aug 2024
Case report of insulin autoimmune syndrome
A recently published case described a patient with type 2 diabetes treated with metformin who had recurrent spontaneous hypoglycemia.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/12/8.htm
12 Jul 2024
Recent KDIGO guideline focused on patients with diabetes and kidney disease
A new summary of the guideline from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) highlights important points for clinicians, including recommendations about prescribing of diabetes medications.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/7.htm
13 Nov 2020
Two case reports describe complications in patients with diabetes
One case report described a type 1 diabetes patient with disseminated mucormycosis with rhinocerebral and pulmonary involvement, while the other reported a case of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis related to semaglutide.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/14/10.htm
14 Jun 2024
Diabetes increases largely explained by BMI growth, especially in women
Since the late 1970s, diabetes prevalence has increased significantly more in men than women, and only in women did changes in body mass index (BMI) fully explain the diabetes trend.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/12/4.htm
12 Sep 2014