Diabetes News

Gestational diabetes may predispose women to early-stage kidney damage, a precursor to chronic kidney disease, according to a study by researchers at the NIH and other institutions.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who consumed a diet high in eggs did not experience adverse effects on cardiometabolic risks factors when compared with those who consumed few eggs, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Icosapent ethyl reduced triglycerides and other inflammatory and atherogenic markers in patients with reduced kidney function, persistent high triglycerides and either diabetes or elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein who were treated with statins, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Among the top stories from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings are a presentation that showed fluid resuscitation is critical when initially treating septic shock and a poster about the potential benefits of probiotics for patients with end-stage renal disease. Other stories include findings about the potential impact of plant-based diets on diabetes, a keynote address about the need for nephrology providers to shift their focus to the health outcomes of patients and data on the mortality rate of Medicare patients on dialysis.

Patients with kidney disease resulting from diabetes saw improvement in their condition after undergoing bariatric surgery, according to new research presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting and World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.

Novartis announced a new post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 heart failure study, Paradigm-HF, which demonstrated treatment with Entresto helped to preserve kidney function, as assessed by estimated glomerular filtration rate, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The findings of the analysis are published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announced an academic collaboration with the University of Oxford to investigate the effects of Jardiance on the progression of kidney disease in adults with established chronic kidney disease with and without diabetes.

AUSTIN, Texas — A poster presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings reportedly is the first to hypothesize that it may be possible to reverse diabetic kidney lesions by way of dietary changes. The author speculated that plant-based diets can improve, and possibly even reverse, diabetes in select patients.

The ketogenic diet was recently called the “latest buzzy” weight loss plan by the mainstream media. However, this particular weight loss plan actually dates, according to some estimates, to as early as 500 BC.

Findings recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases suggested that individuals who reported drinking greater amounts of coffee per day were at lower risk for incident chronic kidney disease after researchers adjusted for appropriate covariates.