Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on prescribing patterns
One study found that physicians were unlikely to deprescribe hypoglycemia-causing medications in older diabetes patients, while others found suboptimal use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, and additional recommended medications.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/10/5.htm
10 Mar 2023
Spotlight on hypoglycemia
The risks and consequences of hypoglycemia were described by several studies published recently.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/09/9.htm
9 Aug 2013
Spotlight on office visits for diabetes
New data on how often diabetes patients visit their physicians were provided by 2 recent analyses.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/08/6.htm
8 Aug 2014
Spotlight on exercise
Sports medicine experts updated their recommendations on exercise in type 2 diabetes, while a study found that physical activity was associated with lower dementia risk in patients with new type 2 diabetes, and another found that exercise might be more beneficial in the afternoon than the morning.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/5.htm
11 Mar 2022
Spotlight on lifestyle change
The effects of lifestyle interventions on patients with diabetes were analyzed by several recent studies.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/08/10.htm
8 Nov 2013
Spotlight on cardiovascular risk
Several recent studies addressed the effects of diabetes and diabetes treatments on cardiovascular risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/13/11.htm
13 Sep 2013
Spotlight on stroke risk
Recent studies looked at stroke risk among patients with diabetes and the effects of hypertension treatment, acetaminophen use, gout, and obesity.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/10/5.htm
10 May 2019
Spotlight on statins in diabetes
Recent studies looked at how statins negatively affect glycemic control but improve cardiovascular mortality, as well as the reasons patients with diabetes don't receive prescriptions for statins despite recommendations.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2023
Spotlight on glycemic control and patient age
Recent studies found higher HbA1c levels in younger patients with diabetes compared to older ones, as well as differences in medication therapy by age.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/13/5.htm
13 Mar 2020
Spotlight on fenofibrate
Recent analyses of the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) trial looked at the effects of fenofibrate on gout and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/09/5.htm
9 Mar 2018