Diabetes
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Telemedicine in diabetes care associated with worse outcomes
Patients receiving telemedicine-only care had no significant changes or improvements in adjusted A1c whereas those receiving in-person care had a...
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Personalized nutrition therapy promotes diabetes remission
The chances of remission increase if body weight is reduced by 5% and waist circumference is reduced by around 4 cm in women and 7 cm in men.
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Meet the newest acronym in primary care: CKM
“This approach not only raises awareness, it also empowers PCPs to diagnose and treat these conditions more holistically.”
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Early age at first period raises type 2 diabetes risk
“Women with early-life exposures such as early age at menarche need to be further examined for diabetes and prevention research and strategies for...
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Reducing albumin improves kidney and heart function in people with type 2 diabetes
A urine-to-creatinine ratio reduction of at least 30% reduced kidney risk by 64%.
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What is the dark side of GLP-1 receptor agonists?
“When millions of people are treated with medications like semaglutide, even relatively rare side effects occur in a large number of individuals...
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Insufficient sleep impairs women’s insulin sensitivity
“What we’re seeing is that more insulin is needed to normalize glucose levels in the women under conditions of sleep restriction.”
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Bariatric surgery still best option for some with obesity
“Sometimes we might need to go straight to surgery instead of going through medications first, because it may be the most effective and evidence-...
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Study confirms link between red meat and diabetes risk
Those who consumed more red meat had a higher BMI, higher total energy intake, and greater likelihood of being a smoker.
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PREVENT: AHA’s new risk calculator incorporates CKM health
PREVENT is for use in adults aged 30-79 years and estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total CVD including, for the first time, heart failure.