Diabetes
Guidelines
US Preventive Services Task Force lowers diabetes screening age for overweight
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Family physician Joseph E. Scherger champions lifestyle change
The avid runner with a 40-year-career as a doctor shifted to practicing functional medicine a decade ago.
From the Journals
SGLT2 inhibitor use rising in patients with DKD
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Mediterranean diet slows progression of atherosclerosis in CHD
A Mediterranean diet is more effective in reducing atherosclerosis progression than a low-fat diet for patients with coronary heart disease, new...
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Empagliflozin gets HFrEF approval from FDA
The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) becomes the second agent from this class to get a heart failure indication regardless of diabetes...
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Pandemic derails small success in lowering diabetes-related amputations
Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely...
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Vitamin D pills do not alter kidney function in prediabetes
A subgroup analysis suggests Vitamin D supplements could have a beneficial effect on kidney health.
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FDA approves rapid-acting insulin, Lyumjev, for pump use
Approved for diabetes treatment last year, it’s the second ultra-rapid-acting insulin approved for use in insulin delivery devices.
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Brain memory signals appear to regulate metabolism
"Our study is the first to show how clusters of brain cell firing in the hippocampus may directly regulate metabolism."
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Low glycemic diet improves A1c, other risk factors in diabetes
A meta-analysis that incorporates the most recent research on the topic shows important benefits of a low glycemic diet for people with diabetes...
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Obesity leads to depression via social and metabolic factors
Consider the biological consequences of having a higher BMI and the social implications when treating patients with obesity.