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New guideline for in-hospital care of diabetes says use CGMs
Patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia get admitted to every patient service in the hospital, and their glycemic management can...
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Self-injury and suicide ‘all too common’ in type 1 diabetes
“With a multipronged approach to awareness, education, and identification, we have the opportunity to intervene on the link between suicide and...
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Male contraceptive pill appears feasible in very early trials
By lowering testosterone levels without untoward hypogonadism, early data show that once-daily contraceptive pills for men could be feasible.
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Jury still out on cardiovascular safety of testosterone
A meta-analysis may provide some reassurance of the short-term cardiovascular safety of testosterone therapy for male hypogonadism until...
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Post-hoc analysis offers hope for novel cholesterol drug
A second look at vupanorsen revealed its effects on VLDL and remnant cholesterol levels in TRANSLATE-TIMI 70, which had disappointing primary...
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CTO PCI success rates rising, with blip during COVID-19, registry shows
Updated results from the PROGRESS-CTO registry of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary angioplasty cases reports improving outcomes over...
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Stem cell transplants could be ‘transformational’ in type 1 diabetes
A second patient who received Vertex’s VX-880 has experienced glycemic improvements, while the first one is completely insulin independent.
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‘Remission is possible’ for patients with type 2 diabetes
In a small study conducted in India, most patients had remission type 2 diabetes at 6 months with an intervention that included a smart app that...
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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...