Search results for "From Annals of Internal Medicine"
Commentary on the 2015 Standards for Diabetes Care
Of the many recommendations in the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) updated Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, 3 were chosen as particularly important for nonendocrinologists by the authors of a recent commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/10/4.htm
10 Apr 2015
Update in Endocrinology highlights top diabetes research of 2013
Ten studies from 2013 with potential to change endocrinology practice were summarized in Annals of Internal Medicine's annual Update in Endocrinology, published in the June 3 issue.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/13/5.htm
13 Jun 2014
Recovery from metabolic syndrome reduces cardiovascular risk, Korean study finds
The large retrospective study found that hypertension was the metabolic syndrome component with the largest associated increase in risk for a major cardiovascular event.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/13/7.htm
13 Dec 2019
Peripheral neuropathy associated with increased mortality risk, irrespective of diabetes status
Patients with both diabetes and peripheral neuropathy had the highest risk of death during the study's 13-year follow-up, but the next highest rate was in patients with peripheral neuropathy but no diabetes, followed by those with diabetes without peripheral neuropathy.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/11/6.htm
11 Dec 2020
The Consult Guys talk about hyperglycemia
A new video from the Consult Guys, Geno J. Merli, MD, FACP, and Howard H. Weitz, MD, FACP, addresses inpatient glucose control. “Hyperglycemia: Am I a Control Freak?” was released online Dec. 17, 2013.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/10/6.htm
10 Jan 2014
Pioglitazone improved NASH markers in patients with type 2 or prediabetes and NASH
One hundred one patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes and biopsy-proven nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) were prescribed a hypocaloric diet and randomized to 45 mg of pioglitazone per day or placebo for 18 months. After 18 months, pioglitazone was prescribed open label to all patients without histologic resolution of NASH.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2016
Metformin rarely prescribed for prediabetes, study finds
Very few patients with prediabetes are prescribed metformin, according to a recent study of working-age adults.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/12/5.htm
12 Jun 2015
Liraglutide affects beta-blockade for preventing variceal bleeding
A case series of 18 patients with cirrhosis indicated that adding a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist to a beta-blocker was associated with an increase in heart rate.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/12/7.htm
12 Jun 2020
Annals On Call: Technology to improve diabetes management
Annals On Call is a podcast focusing on a clinically influential article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. This episode covers “Diabetes Technology: Review of the 2019 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.”
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/13/6.htm
13 Dec 2019
HbA1c targets debated, history of SGLT-2 inhibitors explained
Experts offered differing recommendations for a patient's HbA1c target in Beyond the Guidelines, while a History of Medicine article said that the risks of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors could have been understood sooner.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/11/6.htm
11 Oct 2019