Diabetes
Conference Coverage
Platelet-rich patch helps heal difficult diabetic foot ulcers
BERLIN – LeucoPatch, which contains patients’ own platelets, fibrin, and leukocytes, enabled more diabetic ulcers to heal versus standard care.
Article
Optimizing Insulin Therapy: Basal Insulin and Beyond
From the Journals
Six PAD diagnostic tests vary widely in patients with diabetes
From the Journals
Obesity tied to improved inpatient survival of patients with PAD
Conference Coverage
Weight-loss drug lorcaserin’s glycemic effects revealed
The appetite-suppressant drug lorcaserin has benefits ranging from lower rates of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus and improved glycemic control...
Conference Coverage
Guidelines outline patient-centered approach to type 2 diabetes
BERLIN – The ADA and EASD have issued their 2018 Consensus Report on the management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes.
Conference Coverage
Gastric banding, metformin “equal” for slowing early T2DM progression
BERLIN – Gastric banding surgery and metformin improved insulin sensitivity, suggestive of preserved beta-cell function.
Conference Coverage
Shelved GLP-1 agonist reduced cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Albiglutide reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events by 22%, compared with placebo, in the HARMONY Outcomes trial.
Conference Coverage
Breast cancer risk in type 2 diabetes related to adiposity
Women with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a moderately increased risk of breast cancer that appears to be mainly caused by adiposity, not diabetes...
Applied Evidence
Obesity: When to consider surgery
Bariatric surgery is underutilized despite an obesity epidemic. Here, 3 patients pursue a surgical option when they can't reach their target...
From the Journals
Swings in four metabolic measures predicted death in healthy people
Risk for death is higher in people with swings in fasting blood glucose and cholesterol levels, systolic blood pressure, and body mass index.