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Gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion increases remission from type 2 diabetes in obese adults
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 60 severely obese adults with type 2 diabetes found that gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion increased diabetes remission more than medical therapy.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/10/6.htm
10 Aug 2012
Review: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors do not increase overall adverse events in type 2 diabetes
A meta-analysis included 67 randomized controlled trials comparing dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors to placebo or other oral antidiabetic agents.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/10/9.htm
10 May 2013
A lifestyle intervention did not reduce cardiovascular outcomes in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes
The Look AHEAD trial randomized more than 5,000 overweight and obese type 2 diabetics to intensive lifestyle intervention or diabetes support and education and found that the intensive group reduced several risk factors, but not the primary outcome.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/08/8.htm
8 Nov 2013
Review: In type 1 or type 2 diabetes, group medical visits improve HbA1c levels compared with usual care
A meta-analysis of 13 randomized, controlled trials of adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes found that group medical visits improved HbA1c levels but not the other factors studied, which included blood pressure, body mass index, weight, cholesterol, triglycerides, and quality of life.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/14/6.htm
14 Mar 2014
In obesity with type 2 diabetes, duodenal-jejunal bypass liners improved weight loss and HbA1c during treatment
This randomized controlled trial of 77 obese adults with type 2 diabetes found that adding an endoscopic duodenal–jejunal bypass liner to a dietary intervention improved weight loss and HbA1c after 6 months of treatment, but the benefit was not maintained.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/13/6.htm
13 Mar 2015
An intensive lifestyle intervention increased remission from type 2 diabetes in overweight adults
In the randomized, controlled Look AHEAD trial, an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) was associated with partial remission of type 2 diabetes when compared with diabetes education and support (DES).
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/14/8.htm
14 Jun 2013
Meta-analysis: Atorvastatin reduces CV events and increases new-onset diabetes in patients with coronary disease
In a meta-analysis, patients with two to four risk factors for diabetes were more likely to have new-onset diabetes if they took higher doses of statins.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/09/6.htm
9 Aug 2013
A single screening for type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults did not reduce mortality over 10 years
A trial in the United Kingdom randomized 33 primary care practices and 20,000 of their high-risk patients to screening for diabetes or usual care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/08/7.htm
8 Feb 2013
Review: Intensive blood pressure control reduces stroke, but not mortality or MI, in type 2 diabetes
A meta-analysis compared five studies (including the ACCORD trial) that treated adults with type 2 diabetes with antihypertensive therapies to achieve prespecified blood pressure targets.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/08/8.htm
8 Feb 2013
Intensive BP control and/or glucose control did not reduce microvascular events in hypertensive type 2 diabetes
More than 4,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) or CVD risk factors were randomized to a systolic blood pressure (BP) target of less than 120 mm Hg or less than 140 mm Hg.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/09/7.htm
9 Nov 2012