Diabetes News

SAN FRANCISCO — A cohort of adolescents with morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes had 27-fold lower odds of developing elevated albumin excretion 5 years after undergoing bariatric surgery when compared with similar teens who received standard medical therapy, according to study data presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Researchers linked consumption of vitamins B2 and B6 to a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at Nutrition 2019.

Kidney transplantation is more likely to fail for adults with diabetic kidney disease and diabetic neuropathy who then present with a diabetic foot ulcer after surgery vs. those without foot ulcer, according to findings presented at the American Diabetes Association 79th Scientific Sessions. In addition, common factors for post-transplant diabetic foot ulcers include a prior history of the condition as well as previous peripheral arterial disease.

An app that functioned as an electronic health record and clinical decision support tool assisted community health workers in helping patients with diabetes lower HbA1c levels in Guatemala, according to findings recently published in Annals of Family Medicine.

Researchers looking at patients with diabetes for more than 50 years and who never developed kidney disease found higher levels of a certain group of enzymes involved in glucose metabolism compared to those with diabetes who did develop kidney disease.

May is Mediterranean Diet Month, according to the American Diabetes Association’s Facebook page.

The FDA has granted priority review of a supplemental new drug application for Janssen’s Invokana for reducing the risk of ESKD in adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Costs associated with screening a patient for diabetes and conducting confirmatory testing via community pharmacies in England was comparable to the same services performed in medical practices, according to findings recently published in Pharmacy.

BOSTON — Engaging in regular self-management of diabetes may decrease the risk for both falls and fall-related injuries in patients with diabetes and CKD, according to a poster presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Prediabetes was not associated with deteriorating kidney function or incident albuminuria among adults with hypertension and elevated cardiovascular risk, at least in the short term, according to findings from a secondary analysis of the SPRINT trial.