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No apparent association between glycemic control, outcomes in diabetic nursing home residents
The study included patients 65 years of age and older with type 1 or type 2 diabetes admitted to a Veterans Affairs nursing home, and they were categorized by baseline HbA1c (6.0% to 6.9%, 7.0% to 7.9%, 8.0% to 8.9%, and 9.0% or higher).
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/09/3.htm
9 Dec 2016
Clinicians should integrate psychosocial components into diabetes care, ADA recommends
The position statement recommends that physicians consider assessing cognitive capacities and symptoms of diabetes distress, depression, anxiety, and disordered eating at the initial visit and at periodic intervals.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2016
Intervention with web-based component appears to raise hypoglycemia awareness
The blood glucose awareness training involved three 2.5-hour group sessions over 4 weeks plus 2 online modules to be done between group meetings.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2016
Intensive BP control associated with worse CV outcomes in type 2 diabetes and recent ACS
A post hoc analysis found that patients with baseline systolic blood pressure (BP) <120 mm Hg or >160 mm Hg or follow-up BP <130 mm Hg had a significantly increased risk for a composite outcome of death from cardiovascular (CV) causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and nonfatal stroke.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/09/1.htm
9 Nov 2018
Medicare finalizes policies to expand its Diabetes Prevention Program Model
The intervention for Medicare beneficiaries with prediabetes includes at least 16 weekly hour-long sessions over months 1 to 6 and at least 6 monthly maintenance sessions over months 6 to 12.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/11/2.htm
11 Nov 2016
ACP releases updated guideline on oral pharmacologic treatment of type 2 diabetes
ACP recommended that clinicians prescribe metformin for type 2 diabetes when pharmacologic therapy is needed to improve glycemic control in a strong recommendation based on moderate-quality evidence.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/13/2.htm
13 Jan 2017
3 biomarkers may refine standard cardiovascular risk algorithms for diabetes
Elevations in high-sensitivity troponin T or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide were significantly associated with risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for heart failure, while C-reactive protein was a less significant predictor.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/07/2.htm
7 Oct 2016
Intense multifactorial intervention associated with increased life span, time to CVD events in type 2 diabetes
The intensive intervention was initially conducted for a median of 7.8 years and used both pharmacologic and behavioral methods to target coexisting risk factors for late complications of diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/16/2.htm
16 Sep 2016
Restricting orders for insulin glargine may lower hypoglycemia rates, study finds
Non-endocrinologist clinicians who electronically ordered glargine at a dose of 0.5 units/kg or greater incurred a warning screen, which advised either lowering the dose or contacting the diabetes consult service for approval.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/16/3.htm
16 Sep 2016
Very low systolic blood pressure associated with less CV risk in diabetes patients
Patients with type 2 diabetes and a systolic blood pressure of 110 to 119 mm Hg appeared to have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than patients who had systolic blood pressures of 130 to 139 mm Hg, according to a registry study.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/12/3.htm
12 Aug 2016