Diabetes
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Drastic weight loss prevents progression to type 2 diabetes, PREVIEW data suggest
SAN FRANCISCO – In patients with prediabetes, weight loss of 8% or more over 2 months reduced conversion to diabetes over 3 years.
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How to reverse type 2 diabetes with a crash diet: the DiRECT approach
SAN FRANCISCO – A few months of a medically supervised liquid diet; durable remission at 2 years.
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Vitamin D did not reduce progression to type 2 diabetes in D2d trial
SAN FRANCISCO – Vitamin D supplementation failed to significantly reduce the risk of progression from prediabetes to...
From the Journals
Incidence of adult diabetes drops, prevalence remains stable
Type 2 prevention efforts might be working.
From the Journals
Risk factors for foot ulcers differ for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
First-time cases linked to age, smoking, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes duration only in type 1 diabetes.
From the Journals
Diabetes, hypertension remission more prevalent in adolescents than adults after gastric bypass
However, their rate of abdominal reoperations was significantly higher than that of adults during a 5-year follow-up.
News
FDA issues warning about use of unauthorized diabetes devices
The agency received an adverse event report about a patient using a combination of unauthorized devices who required medical intervention.
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Type 2 diabetes remission: Reducing excess fat in the liver might be the key
LOS ANGELES – ...
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Canagliflozin after metabolic surgery may aid weight loss, reduce glucose levels
LOS ANGELES – Reductions in adiponectin, leptin, and high–molecular weight adiponectin did not reach statistical significance.
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Mystery hypoglycemia case highlights troublesome diagnosis
LOS ANGELES – Nothing seemed to help a 69-year-old female patient, until an alert nurse noticed something important...
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SGLT2 inhibitors prevent HF hospitalization regardless of baseline LVEF
NEW ORLEANS – “At least in my mind, we have more than enough evidence at this point to say that SGLT2 inhibitors are effective in preventing heart...