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Trial supports insulin as first-line treatment for gestational diabetes
Metformin plus glyburide as needed did not meet criteria for noninferiority to insulin on the outcome of the proportion of infants born large for gestational age, a multicenter trial of 820 patients in the Netherlands found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/10/2.htm
10 Jan 2025
U.K. consensus statement targets potential barriers to CGM use
Primary care teams face a critical need for education, training, and resources such as electronic health record integration to increase use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in type 2 diabetes, an industry-funded consensus statement said.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/10/3.htm
10 Jan 2025
ADA releases updated Standards of Care for 2025
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has added new recommendations on screening for type 1 diabetes, referring for dental care, and addressing female sexual dysfunction, among other topics.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/10/1.htm
10 Jan 2025
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Hypoglycemic events linked to subsequent stroke risk in diabetes
Medicare patients with diabetes who had a hypoglycemic event had higher odds of a subsequent acute ischemic stroke. Risk was highest on the day after the event and decreased with time but persisted for 30 days, the case-crossover study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/13/2.htm
13 Dec 2024
Inhaled insulin noninferior to usual care, industry trial in type 1 diabetes finds
Patients who began using inhaled insulin were more likely to have an improvement or worsening in their HbA1c level than patients who continued their existing insulin regimens, but overall glycemic control was similar with either strategy, a randomized trial found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/13/3.htm
13 Dec 2024
Diabetes rates hold steady in latest U.S. report, rising around the world
In the U.S., 11.3% of adults have diagnosed diabetes and 4.5% have undiagnosed diabetes, a CDC report found. A global analysis found that diabetes rates are rising fastest in low- and middle-income countries in southeast Asia, south Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/13/1.htm
13 Dec 2024
Report and study highlight risk of heart failure in patients with diabetes
The American Diabetes Association made recommendations on diagnosing and treating heart failure in patients with diabetes, and a study found increased risk of progression to clinical heart failure in those with an HbA1c level of 7% or above.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/10/1.htm
10 Jun 2022
Review calls for increased measurement, treatment of diabetes distress
An analysis of six studies found that an average of 78.3% of people with diabetes had at least some clinically relevant diabetes distress-related problems and that a commonly used scale does not capture most patients with distress.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/08/3.htm
8 Nov 2024
Dexamethasone not associated with survival benefit in inpatients with COVID-19, diabetes
Patients with diabetes and severe COVID-19 who were treated with dexamethasone had slower time to clinical recovery than propensity-matched patients who didn't get dexamethasone, and steroid treatment did not improve mortality, a retrospective study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/08/2.htm
8 Nov 2024