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Medicare announces price cuts for 10 drugs in first round of drug price negotiations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced lower Medicare Part D prices for 10 drugs that will take effect in 2026, according to a press release.
Q&A: What nutrition security can mean for people with diabetes
Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Isabel C. Betancourt, MS, RDN, CDCES, about nutrition insecurity and how a model designed to combat its effects on people with HIV can improve the lives of people with diabetes.
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Tandem updates recall of mobile app causing rapid battery depletion of insulin pumps
Tandem Diabetes Care emailed notices to users of version 2.7.1 of the Apple iOS t:connect mobile app warning of possible rapid battery depletion of their insulin pump, according to an FDA press release.
Adults with type 2 diabetes improve HbA1c, medication use with pharmacist referral
Adults with type 2 diabetes who are referred to a clinical pharmacist are more likely to meet their HbA1c goal and receive appropriate medication management of comorbidities than people receiving usual care, according to a presenter.
Education, electronic alerts help cut insulin pen waste at US hospital
A multifaceted intervention implemented at a U.S. hospital reduced insulin pen waste by 18.3% in inpatient adult areas, according to a presenter at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual meeting.
SGLT2 inhibitors greatly underprescribed in patients who qualify for them
In an analysis of more than 3 million U.S. adults, most patients with a class 1a recommendation for SGLT2 inhibitors were not prescribed them, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
GLP-1 use tied to lower risk for hyperkalemia than DPP-IV therapy in type 2 diabetes
Adults with type 2 diabetes using a GLP-1 receptor agonist are less likely to develop hyperkalemia than those using a DPP-IV inhibitor, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Tirzepatide linked to lower risk for death, adverse CV and kidney outcomes vs. GLP-1s
Adults with type 2 diabetes have lower risks for death and major adverse cardiovascular and kidney events if they use tirzepatide compared with GLP-1 receptor agonists, according to observational data published in JAMA Network Open.
Adults maintain drops in body weight, HbA1c at 1 year after duodenal mucosal resurfacing
Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes had reductions in body weight and HbA1c 1 year after undergoing an endoscopic procedure that resurfaces the duodenum lining, according to top-line results from a real-world registry study.
Most young people with type 1 diabetes meet HbA1c goal with CGM, remote patient monitoring
Young people with type 1 diabetes enrolled in a digital health program with early initiation of continuous glucose monitoring plus remote patient monitoring had better glycemic outcomes than historical controls, according to study data.
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