Search results for "Education"
Spotlight on limitations of the HbA1c test
A recent position statement called for use of one-hour glucose tolerance testing for diabetes diagnosis, a review described limitations of point-of-care HbA1c testing, and a study identified differences in the relationship between fasting glucose and HbA1c level by race, age, and sex.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/5.htm
12 Apr 2024
Spotlight on NAFLD
Recent studies looked at the risks associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), the effects of diabetes drugs on the condition, and whether machine learning can help identify patients at risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/08/5.htm
8 Mar 2024
Position statement calls for prioritizing patients' experience in diabetes care
The Endocrine Society's recommendations are based on roundtable meetings with representatives from governmental and other organizations, patient advocacy groups, and professional societies, including ACP.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/08/3.htm
8 Mar 2024
Intensive food-as-medicine program improves engagement, not glycemic control
Patients with diabetes and food insecurity who received healthy groceries, dietitian consults, nurse evaluations, health coaching, and diabetes education had increased engagement with preventive care but no significant change in HbA1c levels versus usual care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/8.htm
12 Jan 2024
Strength training outperforms aerobic exercise in normal-weight type 2 diabetes patients
A randomized controlled trial in California found that glycemic control and body composition improved more over nine months among normal-weight patients with type 2 diabetes assigned to strength training versus aerobic exercise.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/11/1.htm
11 Aug 2023
More than a quarter of diabetes patients have diabetic retinopathy, study estimates
Researchers calculated that in 2021, 9.60 million people in the U.S. had diabetic retinopathy, including 1.84 million with vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy, based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and insurance claims, among other sources.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/14/2.htm
14 Jul 2023
EHR-based tool may help predict life expectancy in older patients with diabetes
The tool uses sex, body mass index, serum creatinine level, dementia, metastatic cancer, peripheral vascular disease, albuminuria, home oxygen use, wheelchair use, current smoking, and the interaction between age and heart failure to generate a risk score.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/09/3.htm
9 Jun 2023
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
Social, medical intervention improved glycemic control in rural patients with diabetes
A population health team assessed patients' medical, behavioral, and social needs with annual health risk assessments and partnered with community organizations to improve their access to food, transportation, and medicine.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2023
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