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FDA okays semaglutide higher dose, 2 mg/week, for type 2 diabetes
The 2-mg weekly dose is associated with greater A1c reduction and more weight loss.
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Metformin use linked to birth defects in boys
“This is the first data to suggest that paternal metformin [use] may be associated with birth defects in children. As such, it would be early to...
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Artificial sweeteners: A modifiable cancer risk?
“Our findings do not support the use of artificial sweeteners as safe alternatives for sugar in foods or beverages,” said the researchers. An...
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Maternal obesity promotes risk of perinatal death
Lower gestational age at delivery mediated the risk of perinatal death associated with obesity.
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‘Profound implications’: COVID ups diabetes risk 40% a year later
‘All these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later. If patients have a prior history...
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Intermittent fasting good for weight loss, at least short term
Three different types of ‘intermittent fasting’ diets seem to safely produce a 3%-8% weight loss in 8-12 weeks in certain groups of people.
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Mild COVID-19 infection linked to later type 2 diabetes
Results point to the need to monitor blood glucose following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Empagliflozin scores topline win in EMPA-KIDNEY trial
Researchers stopped the 6,600-patient EMPA-KIDNEY trial sooner than expected because it positively met prespecified efficacy criteria in a trial...
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Food insecurity linked to metabolic syndrome in Hispanic/Latino youth
Youth in the lowest food security category had significantly lower HDL-C compared with youth with high food security.
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Inside insulin (Part 2): Approaching a cure for type 1 diabetes?
Part 1 of this series examined the rivalry behind the discovery and use of insulin. In part 2, this news organization reviews the last century,...
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Ukrainian diabetes care, insulin access ‘severely disrupted’
“I’m willing to see patients but it’s extremely difficult and dangerous for them and probably not possible to travel to see me.”