Diabetes News

The initiation of SGLT-2 inhibitors correlated with a reduced risk of AKI in older adults with type 2 diabetes compared with other glucose-lowering medications.

In this video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, talks with Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, about new multispecialty practice recommendations developed by the Diabetes, CardioRenal Metabolic Diseases Task Force.

In this video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, talks with Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, about new multispecialty practice recommendations for managing complex patients with diabetes and cardiorenal metabolic disorders.

Experts from the fields of diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic disease, and obesity will discuss new research and present practice recommendations at the 19th World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease saw improvements in blood pressure, self-reported sodium intake and diet quality after using a smartphone nutrition app and attending telehealth counseling.

November is American Diabetes Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of prevention, detection and management, according to the American Diabetes Association.

Steroid avoidance can lower the risk of diabetes mellitus after transplant in older patients or those who have higher BMIs when paired with appropriate induction regimens, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Neighborhood desegregation in the U.S. will solve racial disparities in medicine, including the rapid progression of chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal disease in Black patients, according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.

Health care providers need to consider multidisciplinary care models to improve outcomes for patients with diabetic kidney disease, according to speaker at ASN Kidney Week.

Biomarkers can identify patients at high risk for diabetic kidney disease, as well as help nephrologists make early clinical decisions to slow its progression, according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.