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FDA warns about ketoacidosis and urinary tract infections with SGLT2 inhibitors
The warnings are based on a review finding 73 cases of ketoacidosis in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and 19 cases of life-threatening urosepsis and pyelonephritis.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/11/2.htm
11 Dec 2015
Collaboration between generalists, subspecialists can improve glycemic control
A “virtual clinic” model involving consultations between diabetes subspecialists and primary care physicians was associated with glycemic improvements in treated patients and controls from the same practices, a British study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/11/3.htm
11 Dec 2015
Long-term variation in HbA1c, SBP levels associated with CVD risk in type 2 diabetes
Diabetes patients who developed cardiovascular disease were found to be older, to have had diabetes longer, and to have significantly higher and lower levels for total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol, respectively, as well as having high coefficients of variation for HbA1c and systolic blood pressure.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/11/1.htm
11 Dec 2015
Diabetes, prior CHD may not be equivalent CHD risk factors, study indicates
The population-based prospective cohort analysis of adults who were members of a single U.S. health care delivery system compared CHD risk among those with and without a history of diabetes or CHD.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/08/2.htm
8 Jan 2016
Glucose-lowering agents other than metformin associated with higher mortality in study
Compared to matched controls, patients on metformin monotherapy did not show significant excess mortality during follow-up, but patients on sulfonylurea or insulin monotherapy had higher mortality rates.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/08/3.htm
8 Jan 2016
ADA revises its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently revised its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, making changes to more than a dozen clinical areas and also noting that it will no longer use the word “diabetic” as a noun when referring to people with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/08/1.htm
8 Jan 2016
Combined canagliflozin, metformin may offer better glycemic control than monotherapy, study finds
The industry-funded, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial assigned adult patients with type 2 diabetes who were not taking antihyperglycemic agents before the study to 26 weeks of treatment in 1 of 5 arms.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/12/2.htm
12 Feb 2016
New risk score for CVD may be easier to use than existing scores in patients with diabetes
Researchers used data from the ADVANCE-ON study to develop the AD-ON risk score, a 10-year risk score for the combined endpoint of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) or chronic kidney disease.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2016
Diabetes risk with statins appears to be outweighed by reduction in overall mortality
An observational cohort study examined the effect of statins on diabetes risk and overall mortality in 13,508 normoglycemic patients and 4,563 patients with impaired fasting glucose.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/12/1.htm
12 Feb 2016
Pioglitazone, but not rosiglitazone, associated with increased risk of bladder cancer
The results of this study pose the question of whether the increased likelihood of bladder cancer, which is rare, justifies withholding pioglitazone from adults with type 2 diabetes, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/08/2.htm
8 Apr 2016