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Targeting social needs may help improve type 2 diabetes outcomes, review finds
A systematic review found that HbA1c levels were improved significantly by food supplementation with referral and diabetes support, financial incentives with education and skills training, housing relocation with counseling support, and the integration of nonmedical interventions into medical care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/08/6.htm
8 Jul 2022
Spotlight on inpatient hyperglycemia
A new guideline offered recommendations on managing hyperglycemia in hospital patients with or without diabetes. Recent studies looked at the effects of elevated blood glucose levels after surgery and in the ICU.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/08/5.htm
8 Jul 2022
Unrecognized risk factors for severe hypoglycemia outlined in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes
An industry-funded case-control study of data from a U.S. administrative claims database found that pregnancy, alcohol misuse, short or rapid-acting insulin, and smoking, among other conditions and medications, were independently associated with increased risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/08/3.htm
8 Apr 2022
Recent articles address federal diabetes programs, type 1 diabetes care
The National Clinical Care Commission made 39 recommendations for improving federal diabetes programs, and the latest In the Clinic article offered advice on diagnosing and treating type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/6.htm
11 Mar 2022
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
Nearly one-third of patients were nonadherent to newly prescribed SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists
Factors associated with not filling a new prescription for a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor or a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist included older age, Black race, male sex, certain comorbid conditions, and having a primary care clinician prescribe the drug, a study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/11/2.htm
11 Feb 2022
Rates of hypoglycemic, hyperglycemic crises high in patients with diabetes and ESKD
The results of a retrospective study of U.S. data in patients with both diabetes and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) indicate that current glycemic monitoring and treatment in this population are suboptimal, the authors said.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/12/3.htm
12 Nov 2021
Spotlight on glycemic control during the pandemic
Several new studies showed that among patients with type 1 diabetes, glycemic control improved and diabetic ketoacidosis decreased during COVID-19 lockdowns, while patients with type 2 diabetes showed the opposite trend during the pandemic.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/10/08/5.htm
8 Oct 2021
Consensus report issued on management of type 1 diabetes in adults
The report from the American Diabetes Association and European Association for the Study of Diabetes offers guidance on diagnosis, management, and treatment, among other topics. Their recommendations are evidence-based where possible but represent the consensus opinion of the authors.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/10/08/1.htm
8 Oct 2021
GLP-1 receptor agonists improved cardiovascular, kidney outcomes in type 2 diabetes
In a systematic review and meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 14%, all-cause mortality by 12%, hospital admission for heart failure by 11%, and a composite kidney outcome by 21%, with no increase in safety outcomes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/10/3.htm
10 Sep 2021