Diabetes News

NEW ORLEANS —A noninvasive device using a radiofrequency sensor may be able to measure glucose levels for people with diabetes in the future, according to a speaker at the AACE Annual Meeting.

Women with gestational diabetes or hypertension referred from obstetrics to a primary care provider after delivery were six times more likely to attend a visit with a PCP in the first year postpartum, data show.

Looking to the future will be a key theme at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 2024 annual meeting with a keynote lecture focused on AI and sessions examining guidance updates and new technology.

BOSTON — Emerging data on the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonists indicate that these agents could transform cardiovascular care, much like statins did 30 years ago, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, said.

BOSTON — A “laundry list of new trials” in cardiovascular medicine has led to “a decided portfolio of new ways of thinking, new interventions and a new potential to modify the natural history of CVD,” an expert said.

Among patients with diabetes undergoing emergency surgery, the risk for respiratory complications afterward was not heightened with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Adults who initiate a GLP-1 receptor agonist have a similar risk for developing thyroid cancer as those prescribed a DPP-IV inhibitor or an SGLT2 inhibitor, according to study findings published in The BMJ.

In older men, the sleep breathing impairment index definition of combined insomnia-obstructive sleep apnea predicted incident diabetes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The FDA granted integrated continuous glucose monitoring designation to a fully-implantable CGM, according to a press release.

More than 70% of the overall U.S. population is estimated to have subclinical cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.