Diabetes
Feature
How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
Conference Coverage
Albuminuria linked to higher CVD risk in diabetes
An analysis of more than 74,000 Danish people with type 2 diabetes showed an elevated CVD event rate in those with albuminuria.
Conference Coverage
DANCAVAS misses primary endpoint but hints at benefit from comprehensive CV screening
Comprehensive cardiovascular screening fell short of significantly reducing all-cause mortality in men aged 65-74, but some benefits were seen.
Conference Coverage
Dapagliflozin’s HFpEF benefit recasts heart failure treatment: DELIVER
Results from DELIVER made dapagliflozin the third SGLT2 inhibitor to benefit patients with HFpEF, cementing a new, ejection fraction–agnostic...
Conference Coverage
Secondary CV prevention benefit from polypill promises global health benefit
In older patients with a prior myocardial infarction, a three-drug polypill significantly reduced risk of CV events in the multinational SECURE...
Feature
Congressman’s wife died after taking herbal remedy marketed for diabetes and weight loss
Lori McClintock’s death was caused by “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion,” according to the coroner’s report.
Conference Coverage
NSAIDs linked to heart failure risk in diabetes
A Danish case-crossover study found that NSAID use increased heart failure risks 50% in patients with diabetes.
News
FDA clears tubeless, automated insulin system for children age 2 and older
The Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system for kids age 2 and older with type 1 diabetes...
From the Journals
Metformin fails as early COVID-19 treatment but shows potential
Metformin may merit further investigation for adults who are overweight or obese.
Guidelines
‘Conservative’ USPSTF primary prevention statin guidance finalized
The new statement invites comparison with the more comprehensive 2018 ACC/AHA-multisociety statin guidelines. A slew of editorials across several...
Commentary
How much weight does my patient need to lose?
Dr. Donna Ryan discusses why we need to think of weight loss in terms of percentages, not pounds shed.