Diabetes
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Is There a Connection Between Diabetes and Oral Health?
Periodontitis is potentially a risk factor for CV, pulmonary, endocrine, musculoskeletal, CNS, and reproductive diseases.
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Is Metformin a ‘Drug for All Diseases’?
Long time diabetes medication, metformin may have utility in treatment of obesity, liver disease, cancers, and other diseases.
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New Marker of Cardiovascular Risk Discovered in T2D
Cardiovascular risk may be linked to malfunctioning monocytes in patients with T2D, suggests new study.
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Adverse pregnancy outcomes in first pregnancy are likely to recur
Approximately 40% of women with an adverse pregnancy outcome in their first pregnancy developed an APO in their second pregnancy.
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Hypertriglyceridemia in Young Adults Raises Red Flag
High triglycerides are linked to risk for type 2 diabetes.
Commentary
How to Prescribe Physical Activity in Patients With Obesity
Exercise should be viewed as a metabolism regulator, not a mechanism to lose weight.
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Higher HDL Tied to Prediabetes Reversion — Up to a Point
After a median follow-up of nearly 3 years, 43% of patients with prediabetes had a reversion to normoglycemia; those with higher HDL-C levels had...
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Two-Step Screening Uncovers Heart Failure Risk in Diabetes
The risk for incident heart failure was 3.0- to 3.6-fold higher in the high- vs low-risk group identified using a two-step screening approach.
Opinion
Guidelines Aren’t For Everybody
Always consider the risks of polypharmacy when considering therapies for your elderly patients.
From the Journals
Colchicine May Benefit Patients With Diabetes and Recent MI
After a recent myocardial infarction, daily low-dose colchicine reduces the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, a...
From the Journals
Common Diabetes Pills Also Protect Kidneys
SGLT2 inhibitors, used to manage blood sugar by patients with type 2 diabetes, may also protect the heart and kidneys.