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Finerenone, sotagliflozin exert heart failure benefits despite renal dysfunction
Secondary trial analyses in patients with type 2 diabetes showed both finerenone and sotagliflozin had heart failure benefits across the spectrum...
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More STEP data: Semaglutide cuts weight, cravings, beats liraglutide
In STEP 5, weight loss with semaglutide was sustained at 2 years and the drug cut cravings in a subgroup; in STEP 8, semaglutide beat liraglutide...
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AHA 2021 puts scientific dialogue, health equity center stage
The Scientific Sessions are fully online but with a heavy emphasis on live events and opportunities to interact globally over the latest...
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Liraglutide effective against weight regain after gastric bypass
In a randomized controlled trial of patients who regained weight after a gastric bypass, 69% of patients given liraglutide lost at least 5% of...
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Statins’ effects on CVD outweigh risk for diabetes in RA
A large cohort study reports that the cardiovascular benefits of statin use in people with rheumatoid arthritis outweigh the moderate diabetes...
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‘If obesity were diabetes or cancer, how would you approach it?’
There’s so much misinformation about obesity, says an expert. ‘People think it’s a lack of willpower, and even patients blame themselves for not...
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SUGAR trial finds superior stent for those with diabetes and CAD
In noninferiority trial, the Cre8 EVO stent was associated with fewer target lesion failures than the Resolute Onyx at 1 year in the setting of...
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What are the cardiorenal differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Heart failure may be as much, if not more of, a problem in people with type 1 diabetes as type 2 diabetes, researchers suggested.
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Estimating insulin resistance may help predict stroke, death in T2D
The estimated glucose disposal rate may be useful way to determine first stroke risk in type 2 diabetes.
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Dropping weight beneficial but some effects of obesity persist
People with healthy BMIs who report former obesity have a lingering, elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to data from a series of...