Diabetes
From the Journals
Captopril questioned for diabetes patients in COVID-19 setting
Captopril appears to be associated with a higher rate of pulmonary adverse reactions in patients with diabetes than that of other ACE inhibitors...
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Cognitive deficits complex in youths with type 2 diabetes
Average fluid cognition scores were significantly lower versus youths with type 1 diabetes, a difference investigators said was due to further...
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Dapagliflozin benefits low-EF heart failure regardless of diuretic dose: DAPA-HF
The trial that turned an SGLT2 inhibitor into a heart failure drug also has clues to mechanisms behind the observed benefits. Contrary to early...
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Diabetes control in U.S. youth has worsened over time
Among American children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, blood glucose control hasn’t improved in almost 20 years...
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“A short-term decline of this magnitude … is biologically implausible for MI and stroke.”
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Diabetes-related amputations on the rise in older adults
The finding reflects increases in diabetes-related nontraumatic lower extremity amputation occurring in younger U.S. population, but at a less...
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Normal-weight prediabetes patients also benefit from lifestyle intervention
News from the FDA/CDC
ED visits for life-threatening conditions declined early in COVID-19 pandemic
Visits for MI, stroke, and hypoglycemic crisis dropped 10%-23% over the first 10 weeks.
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T2D plus heart failure packs a deadly punch
Medical records from 150,000 Danish patients with type 2 diabetes showed heart failure comorbidity was the deadliest combination.
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Cost of preventable adult hospital stays topped $33 billion in 2017
Heart failure, diabetes, and COPD were the most expensive preventable conditions.
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“From an individual level we can now say that in healthy individuals, a systolic pressure in the 90s is not too low. It is a positive thing.”