Diabetes News

Patients with diabetes who consistently followed a low-carbohydrate diet for 6 months achieved a higher rate of remission — 32% — compared with mostly low-fat diets, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risks for diabetes complications vary according to subgroups related to age of onset, HbA1c, obesity and insulin use, and there are racial and ethnic disparities in the composition of each subgroup, according to study data.

The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application for finerenone, a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor inhibitor antagonist, for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease.

For patients with type 2 diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors conferred a lower risk of developing AKI than use of GLP-1 receptor agonists or dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, according to a network meta-analysis of clinical trials.

Approximately 10% to 17% of patients with type 2 diabetes and newly identified chronic kidney disease had their condition worsen within 2 years, according to a study published in the Clinical Kidney Journal.

Statin use for primary prevention was associated with CV benefits in older adults, without significant risk for development of new-onset diabetes, according to research published in the American Journal of Medicine.

An implanted 10 kHz spinal cord stimulator, when used in tandem with opioids and other pain relievers, provided patients relief from diabetic neuropathic pain, data show.

Diabetes reduces life expectancy in middle-aged adults by up to 10 years and independently increases the risk for death from cancer, CVD and renal disease as much as threefold, according to the Lancet Commission on diabetes.

Among patients with COVID-19, those who had hypertension or type 2 diabetes were more likely to develop neurological conditions associated with the infectious disease, data from a small study show.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and worsening HF or at CV risk assigned the dual SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitor sotagliflozin saw reduced risk for CV death and hospitalization or urgent visits for HF compared with placebo.