Diabetes
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AHA: Consider obesity as CVD risk factor in children
The updated AHA scientific statement is aimed at pediatric cardiologists and physicians who care for at-risk pediatric patients.
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FDA clears first-of-its-kind phone app for insulin management
The user-friendly phone app makes insulin therapy more effective, less time intensive, and less costly.
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Diabetic kidney disease, retinopathy associated with PAD in patients with foot ulcers
Patients with diabetic foot ulcers have a high incidence of associated chronic vascular disease, including kidney disease, retinopathy, and PAD....
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AACE/ACE algorithm provides practical clinical guidance on managing diabetes
Update provides new clinical guidance for managing diabetes and highlights obesity and prediabetes as underlying risk factors
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Lower prices drive OTC insulin sales at Walmart
Walmart pharmacy employees report more frequent daily sales than did staff at chain pharmacies (CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid).
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FDA approves first interoperable insulin infusion pump
The Tandem Diabetes Care t:Slim X2 device is the first-ever interoperable, alternate controller–enabled infusion pump for insulin delivery in...
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What comes first with SGLT2 inhibitors – diabetes or heart failure?
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Consider adopting the MESA 10-year CHD risk calculator
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “I use the MESA. I like it because it gives me options I don’t have with the PCE.” –Robert A. Vogel, MD
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SGLT2 inhibitors morph into HF drugs
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Intensive insulin added no benefit for hyperglycemia after ischemic stroke
Results from a large RCT showed intensive and standard insulin regimens produced similar clinical outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke.
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Roux-en-Y achieves diabetes remission in majority of patients
About three-quarters of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus achieve remission after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.