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Secondary CV prevention benefit from polypill promises global health benefit
In older patients with a prior myocardial infarction, a three-drug polypill significantly reduced risk of CV events in the multinational SECURE...
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NSAIDs linked to heart failure risk in diabetes
A Danish case-crossover study found that NSAID use increased heart failure risks 50% in patients with diabetes.
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Mobile devices ‘addictive by design’: Obesity is one of many health effects
Patients need help with compulsive use of wireless devices, which leads to weight gain and other health risks.
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Food insecurity drives poor glycemic control
Regardless of diet quality, diabetes patients with food insecurity were significantly more likely to have higher hemoglobin A1c than were those...
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Could a type 2 diabetes drug tackle kidney stones?
“If this association is proven, empagliflozin may be used to decrease the risk of kidney stones at least in those with type 2 diabetes, but maybe...
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Experts elevate new drugs for diabetic kidney disease
A consensus statement from the ADA and KDIGO recommends more aggressive combined use of several newer, and costly, drug classes to slow...
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Diabetes tied to risk of long COVID, too
Roughly 43% of studies in a literature review identified diabetes as a risk factor for postacute sequelae of COVID-19.
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Prediabetes is linked independently to myocardial infarction
A history of prediabetes is predictor of MI independent of any other risk factor, suggesting that screening efforts should increase.
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SGLT2 inhibitors cut AFib risk in real-word analysis
Observational data add to a growing link between SGLT2 inhibitor treatment and atrial fibrillation prevention in people with type 2 diabetes.
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New guideline for in-hospital care of diabetes says use CGMs
Patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia get admitted to every patient service in the hospital, and their glycemic management can...