Diabetes News

Use of the drug semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes significantly reduced the risk of major kidney disease events, cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality vs. placebo, newly published data show.

An FDA committee declined to recommend approval for a once-weekly insulin to improve glycemic control for adults with type 1 diabetes.

The FDA authorized a closed-loop algorithm for an artificial pancreas system for use by people with type 1 diabetes aged 2 years and older, including during pregnancy, according to press release from Cambridge University.

Adults with type 1 diabetes and overweight or obesity prescribed tirzepatide off-label had a reduction in body weight and improvements in HbA1c and continuous glucose monitoring metrics, according to data from a real-world study.

Men were at greater risk for several complications associated with type 1 and type 2 diabetes compared with women, according to results published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Dispensing of GLP-1 receptor agonists increased nearly 600% among adolescents and young adults in the United States from 2020 to 2023 and was particularly significant among girls and young women, a new study showed.

Adults with diabetes who used a GLP-1 receptor agonist and underwent surgery requiring general anesthesia had similar odds for postsurgical complications as those receiving other oral diabetes medications, according to study data.

WASHINGTON — An algorithm that uses electronic health record parameters identified glycemic evidence of new-onset diabetes in real time, which could lead to earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to researchers.

Adults in France who consumed more food additive emulsifiers had increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Patients with both diabetes and CAD appeared at significantly greater risk for dementia, especially vascular dementia, according to study findings published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.