Search results for "From ACP Internist"
Nearly 50% of older U.S. adults reported taking aspirin preventively
A study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2011 to 2018 found that 46.7% of respondents ages 60 years and older used aspirin for primary or secondary cardiovascular disease prevention and suggested potential overuse in certain groups.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/09/7.htm
9 Jul 2021
Getting to know GLP-1 receptor agonists
The latest Pearls from I.M. Peers offers advice on prescribing glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for patients with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/10/8.htm
10 Mar 2023
Exercise tips for type 1 diabetes offered by consensus statement
The consensus statement advises physicians about ways to manage people with type 1 diabetes who exercise regularly, including glucose targets for safe and effective exercise and nutritional and insulin dose adjustments to protect against exercise-related glucose excursions.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/10/8.htm
10 Feb 2017
Gastric bypass benefits persist over long-term follow-up, study finds
At 12 years, patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass had significantly greater weight loss and lower risk of diabetes than those who didn't receive surgery.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/13/7.htm
13 Oct 2017
Patients on tramadol more likely to be hospitalized for hypoglycemia
Patients who began taking tramadol were significantly more likely to be hospitalized for hypoglycemia than those prescribed codeine, a recent study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/09/6.htm
9 Jan 2015
System-wide changes improve diabetes care
A Success Story in the latest issue of ACP Internist describes a primary care intervention to improve HbA1c testing.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/16/7.htm
16 Sep 2016
Physicians may overtreat blood pressure, glucose in older patients with diabetes
A retrospective cohort study used data from the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess both hypertension and blood glucose medication deintensification (i.e., dosage reduction or withdrawal of a drug).
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/13/7.htm
13 Nov 2015
ACE inhibitors, ARBs most effective against ESRD in patients with diabetes, kidney disease
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) appear most effective in preventing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with diabetes and kidney disease, although no regimen to lower blood pressure seems to prolong survival, a recent analysis has found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/12/7.htm
12 Jun 2015
Weight loss, improvement in comorbid conditions after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy appear to decline with time, study finds
Bariatric surgery with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) improves weight loss and comorbid conditions related to obesity in the short term, but its effects decline over the long term, according to a new study.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/14/7.htm
14 Aug 2015
No clear-cut choice among once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonists
All once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonists reduced HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose levels, and either no differences or clinically marginal differences were found among the drugs for blood pressure, blood lipid levels, and C-reactive protein levels, according to the systematic review and network meta-analysis.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/11/6.htm
11 Dec 2015