Diabetes Education News

Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes who attended a primary care clinic visit with a clinical pharmacist had a larger drop in HbA1c than those who received usual care, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Older adults with type 2 diabetes are less likely to have a cardiovascular event if they are initially prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 receptor agonist instead of a DPP-IV inhibitor, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Automated insulin delivery with remote real-time continuous glucose monitoring may be feasible for managing glucose among hospitalized adults with diabetes, according to findings from a small study.

Almost four in 10 adults with type 1 diabetes were not diagnosed until after the age of 30 years, according to a recently published study.

Tirzepatide induced greater HbA1c and body weight reductions vs. placebo than semaglutide for people with type 2 diabetes, according to data that will be presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

In a hearing on September 21, an FDA committee rejected an implantable device capable of delivering a GLP-1 receptor agonist for adults with type 2 diabetes.

Patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with alpelisib as standard care had elevated blood glucose levels compared with those who received the drug as part of a clinical trial, according to data published in Cancer.

Adults diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes have similar morality risk and a higher risk for diabetic retinopathy than adults with type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

The FDA approved Jardiance 10 mg tablets to lower the risk of sustained decline in eGFR, end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death and hospitalization in adults with chronic kidney disease at risk of progression, a press release noted.

Incidence rates for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes diagnoses increased among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 2016 to 2019, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.