Diabetes News

More than half of adults with diabetes did not meet recommended protein intake guidelines, which was associated with increased functional limitations during tasks such as stooping and kneeling, according to findings published in Nutrients.

The prevalence of obesity has increased for patients initiating peritoneal dialysis in China during the past 25 years, research published in the Clinical Kidney Journal revealed.

Women in the United Kingdom who had gestational diabetes were not often screened for type 2 diabetes in accordance with national guidelines, a recent analysis showed.

Patients with retinopathy had a higher prevalence of kidney disease and exhibited greater risk for incident chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease and coronary heart disease, according to results published in Kidney Medicine.

An analysis of DAPA-CKD data showed dapagliflozin reduces the risk for kidney failure and mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, a subgroup that made up 14% of the study population included in the initial trial.

The SGLT2 inhibitor ertugliflozin shows promise for preserving kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, results of a placebo-controlled trial suggested.

In this video perspective, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, MACE, offers a review of the Evolving Concepts in the Management of Diabetes and Cardiorenal Metabolic Diseases workshop, held June 18 to 19 in Dallas.

The FDA approved Kerendia for reducing the risk for kidney and heart complications among adults with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.

The FDA approved Kerendia for reducing the risk for kidney and heart complications among adults with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.

In this video perspective, endocrinologist Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACP, FACE, discusses the influence of lifestyle as risk factors for patients with prediabetes and diabetes.