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Women more likely to have pain with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Cardiometabolic factors traditionally associated with microvascular disease were not associated with risk for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes, a European study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/2.htm
10 Nov 2023
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In patients with type 2 diabetes or HF, SGLT2 inhibitors reduce gout-related outcomes
The effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on gout in patients with type 2 diabetes or heart failure (HF) may allow reduced polypharmacy when treatment for gout is also needed, an ACP Journal Club commentary said.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/6.htm
10 Nov 2023
High-normal albumin-to-creatinine ratio associated with CV events in type 2 diabetes
Patients with an elevated urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, even below 30 mg/g, were at increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events, a post hoc analysis of the ACCORD trial found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/3.htm
10 Nov 2023
Diabetes patients lost more weight with time-restricted eating than calorie counting
Over the course of six months, eating only between noon and 8 p.m. had a greater impact on weight loss and a similar effect on HbA1c levels compared with reducing energy intake by 25%, according to a small randomized trial of patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/10/1.htm
10 Nov 2023
Report and study highlight risk of heart failure in patients with diabetes
The American Diabetes Association made recommendations on diagnosing and treating heart failure in patients with diabetes, and a study found increased risk of progression to clinical heart failure in those with an HbA1c level of 7% or above.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/10/1.htm
10 Jun 2022
Higher aspirin dose no more effective for CV prevention in high-risk patients with diabetes
A subgroup analysis of a randomized trial found that patients with diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease had similar outcomes whether they took 81 mg or 325 mg of aspirin daily.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/13/10.htm
13 Oct 2023
CT as effective as angiography as first test for patients with diabetes, chest pain
Patients with diabetes and stable chest pain had no difference in major adverse cardiac events if they underwent cardiac CT first when they were referred for invasive coronary angiography, and they had fewer procedure-related complications with a CT-first strategy.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/13/2.htm
13 Oct 2023
Young adults' lack of regular diabetes care may be linked to beliefs about medication
Follow-up research from the TODAY study found that a quarter of participants, ages 19 to 31 years, lacked a usual place for diabetes care and almost half had an urgent care visit in the past year. Belief in the necessity of medications was associated with regular access to care.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/11/2.htm
11 Aug 2023
SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists beat DPP-4s, sulfonylureas in pragmatic trial
Veterans with diabetes who started sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors or glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists had fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than those initiating dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors or sulfonylureas.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/11/3.htm
11 Aug 2023