Diabetes
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Cleaner data confirm severe COVID-19 link to diabetes, hypertension
Initial reports that tied more severe COVID-19 disease to diabetes or hypertension used confounded data, but more refined data show similar links...
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SGLT2 inhibitors, developed for T2D, now ‘belong to cardiologists and nephrologists’
When the SGT2 inhibitor drugs first came to the U.S. market they were labeled for just treating hyperglycemia, but those days are over.
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Guidance addresses elders with diabetes during COVID-19
Two geriatricians from the Joslin Diabetes Center offer advice for navigating the challenges associated with helping these vulnerable adults...
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Novel program cuts weight retention after gestational diabetes
Postpartum, web-based weight loss program called “Balance After Baby” reduces weight retention in women with prior gestational diabetes.
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Good for profits, good for patients: A new form of medical visits
Some doctors who use shared medical appointments discuss how connected they feel with their patients.
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Hyperglycemia predicts COVID-19 death even without diabetes
This finding came from a retrospective analysis of 605 patients with COVID-19 seen at two hospitals in Wuhan, China.
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More proof that fruit, vegetables, whole grains may stop diabetes
“These findings provide further support for the current recommendations of increasing whole grain consumption as part of a healthy diet for the...
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Delayed diagnoses seen in children during COVID-19
"Pediatricians on the frontline know what to expect with diabetes. Those children who would have come in late prior to the pandemic are now...
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Intermittent fasting ‘not benign’ for patients with diabetes
The “big issue” for such individuals who undertake intermittent fasting is hypoglycemia, so caloric restriction may be a better choice for some...
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Daily Recap: Lifestyle vs. genes in breast cancer showdown; Big pharma sues over insulin affordability law
Women who avoided pregnancy due to migraine said it would make raising a child difficult.
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Big pharma sues to block Minnesota insulin affordability law
The state has estimated that as many as 30,000 Minnesotans would be eligible for free insulin in the first year of the program.