Diabetes News

High-quality carbohydrates, particularly whole grains, lowered the risk for type 2 diabetes, according to data presented at Nutrition 2020 Live Online.

College-aged men who played video games consumed less healthier foods than their nongaming peers, according to data presented at Nutrition 2020 Live Online.

Minority patients, patients with diabetes and older patients showed the most improvement in graft survival in the United States from 1995 to 2017, a study shows.

The rate of diabetes is nearly three times higher in American Indians and Alaska Natives compared with white Americans, which increases their risk for CVD, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.

Obtaining research kidney biopsy cores in patients with diabetes was safe with no clear evidence of a negative impact, according to findings from a recently published study.

Recruitment for a global phase 3 trial is now underway to assess the potential of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin as a treatment to reduce COVID-19 progression, complications and death among adults with cardiovascular, metabolic or renal risk factors, according to a press release from AstraZeneca and St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.

Adhering to a Mediterranean diet was associated with better verbal memory among adults with type 2 diabetes for at least 5 years, according to a cross-sectional analysis published in Nutrition and Diabetes.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — New therapies for diabetic kidney disease are emerging from clinical trials but focusing on more precise disease phenotyping might improve therapeutic safety and efficacy, according to a speaker at the Cardio Renal Metabolic Conference.

Diabetic kidney disease is the leading cause of ESKD worldwide,1 but the only guideline-based therapy for renoprotection in the past 2 decades was the blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system.2

Whether the motivation is animal or worker welfare, environmental sustainability, personal taste or something else, people with diabetes can safely adopt a plant-based diet. In fact, vegetarian and vegan eating patterns have been shown to improve cardiovascular disease and glucose management.