Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on amputations
Recent studies analyzed data on lower-extremity amputations among patients with diabetes, including recent trends in this complication and its associated mortality, effects of the pandemic, and relationships with diabetes drugs.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/14/5.htm
14 Aug 2020
Spotlight on pioglitazone
Evidence on possible risks of pioglitazone, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and fractures, made the news in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/13/9.htm
13 Jan 2017
Spotlight on guidelines
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology updated their algorithm for treatment of type 2 diabetes, while the American Diabetes Association released a position statement on management of diabetes in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/12/7.htm
12 Feb 2016
Spotlight on drug comparisons
Outcomes and costs of different classes of diabetes drugs were compared by studies published in the past month.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/08/7.htm
8 Apr 2016
Spotlight on genetic risk for diabetes
Recent studies looked at biomarkers to predict diabetes, characteristics of patients who developed type 1 diabetes during adulthood, and use of oral insulin to try to prevent type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/08/5.htm
8 Dec 2017
Spotlight on vitamin D
One study found more cardiovascular events in diabetic patients with vitamin D deficiency, while a trial found no effect of vitamin D supplements on cardiovascular biomarkers, and a genetic meta-analysis suggested that associations between vitamin D levels and diabetes are not causal.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/5.htm
13 Nov 2020
Spotlight on genetic risks
One study found that counseling about genetic risk for diabetes does not lead at-risk patients to lose weight, while another determined that advice on fat consumption does not need to be individualized based on genetic risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/09/5.htm
9 Aug 2019
Spotlight on undertreatment of risks from diabetes
Studies published in the past month looked at statin prescriptions for patients with diabetes and osteoporotic fracture risk in women with diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/16/9.htm
16 Sep 2016
Spotlight on second-line therapies
Two recent studies considered whether initiation of second-line therapies in patients already taking metformin for type 2 diabetes occurs too soon or too late.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/13/5.htm
13 Oct 2017
Spotlight on metformin
In the past month, a new meta-analysis compared metformin to other diabetes drugs, and the FDA expanded metformin's indications in patients with reduced kidney function.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/13/7.htm
13 May 2016