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Top five news stories posted in May
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Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top five news reports posted in May.
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Diabetes education program ‘nudges’ patients toward better health
A digital health coaching program employing weekly telephone, text messaging and email contacts helped adults with type 2 diabetes lose weight, reduce HbA1c and maintain those benefits for a year.
Nutrition can aid in healing diabetic foot ulcers
Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, CDN, talks with nutrition and wound care expert Nancy Collins, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND, about the role of nutrition in prevention and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Senators, diabetes stakeholders seek transparency in insulin pricing
Stakeholders from the diabetes community brought their growing concerns regarding rising insulin prices before Congress on Tuesday, outlining the complex problems that place a lifesaving drug almost out of reach for some people with diabetes and seeking help from legislators to demand more accountability in drug pricing.
Beta Bionics receives FDA approval to begin bionic pancreas study recruitment
The FDA granted an investigational device exemption to Beta Bionics that will allow the company to begin recruitment for the first home-based studies testing the insulin-only configuration of its bionic pancreas system, according to an industry press release.
Higher levels of abdominal fat may predict vitamin D deficiency
In an analysis of several adiposity measures, abdominal fat was the mostly strongly associated with vitamin D concentration in men and women, according to study findings presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology annual meeting.