Diabetes
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Antidiabetes drug costs keep patients away
Patients with diabetes and high med co-pays had worse fill rates, but even with low copays uptake of effective but expensive antidiabetes drugs...
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Obesity in adolescence raises risk for adult type 1 diabetes
Risk of type 1 diabetes was doubled compared with adolescents with optimal body mass index in a study of military recruits.
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Weekly dulaglutide promising in youth with type 2 diabetes
“Considering that dulaglutide and the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs improve A1c [and] beta-cell function ... dulaglutide would provide a promising...
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Tirzepatide powers ‘unprecedented’ weight loss in SURMOUNT-1
The twincretin tirzepatide produced jaw-dropping levels of weight loss in people with obesity and no diabetes compared with placebo in the...
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Will tirzepatide slow kidney function decline in type 2 diabetes?
Compared to insulin glargine, tirzepatide was associated with significantly less new-onset macroalbuminuria in patients with T2D at high...
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ADA prioritizes heart failure in patients with diabetes
Patients with diabetes should have annual screening for biomarkers of early-stage heart failure, and treatment should prioritize an SGLT2...
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FDA clears Abbott Freestyle Libre 3 glucose sensor
New features on the Freestyle Libre 3 system include real-time readings, improved accuracy, and smaller size.
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SGLT2 inhibitors as first-line therapy in type 2 diabetes?
Real-world study finds heart failure hospitalization reduction, compared with metformin but not MI, stroke, or overall mortality and with greater...
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Vitamin D doesn’t reduce type 2 diabetes risk ... or does it?
“Given how prevalent prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are, clinicians and patients should consider vitamin D supplementation as an adjunct to...
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Metformin bombs in breast cancer in landmark trial
“Metformin is not effective against the most common types of breast cancer and any off-label use [of] this drug for the treatment of these common...