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Fracture risk elevated for children of mothers with prepregnancy or gestational diabetes
Risk for incident fracture is higher for children born to mothers with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes compare with those whose mothers did not have diabetes, according to data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
ACP: Use GLP-1 agonists or SGLT-2 inhibitors as add-on therapies for type 2 diabetes
BOSTON — New recommendations from ACP on type 2 diabetes treatment include adding a GLP-1 agonist or SGLT-2 inhibitor to therapy for patients who have inadequate glycemic control, the organization announced.
Low-fat vegan diet tied to improved insulin sensitivity for adults with type 1 diabetes
Eating a low-fat vegan diet induced a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity and a larger reduction in total daily insulin dose than a portion-controlled diet for adults with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings.
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Investigational Cushing’s syndrome medication reduces BP, glucose in open-label trial
Adults with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome had reductions in blood pressure and glucose at 22 weeks of treatment with a selective cortisol modulator, according to topline results from the open-label portion of the GRACE phase 3 trial.
Major adverse pregnancy outcomes raise long-term mortality risks for mothers
Women with preterm birth, small for gestational age infants, preeclampsia, hypertensive disorders or gestational diabetes had increased mortality risks persisting more than 40 years after delivery, researchers reported.
Diabetes drugs helping to drive rise in US medication expenditures
Annual expenditures for diabetes medications more than tripled in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020, and the increase played a role in an overall rise in money spent on prescription drugs, according to study findings.
Food insecurity boosts fibrosis odds in HIV with diabetes, lowers MASLD odds in HIV alone
Food insecurity was associated with lower odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among patients with HIV, although the presence of diabetes increased the odds of fibrosis in this population, according to data.
Caloric intake may be more important for weight loss than meal timing, study suggests
BOSTON — Time-restricted eating did not result in more weight loss vs. a usual eating pattern, suggesting that overall caloric intake may have a larger effect on weight loss than meal timing, researchers reported.
Q&A: Standards of Care encourages more people with diabetes to use CGM
The 2024 American Diabetes Association Standards of Care put an emphasis on getting continuous glucose monitoring into the hands of more people with diabetes.
Team-based telehealth approach improves medication use in high-risk patients with diabetes
ATLANTA — A remote, team-based approach with immediate initiation of necessary medications improved guideline-directed medical therapy use at 6 months for patients with diabetes at high CV or renal risk, researchers reported.
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