Diabetes News

A telemedicine-based nutrition counselling program emphasizing a low-carbohydrate diet resulted in sustained diabetes remission over half a decade for some individuals with type 2 diabetes, results of an open-label study showed.

CHICAGO — People living in historically redlined neighborhoods with poor access to healthy foods were more likely to have type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and obesity, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — An intensive blood pressure strategy resulted in a lower incidence of major cardiovascular events compared with a more standard strategy among patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated systolic blood pressure in the BPROAD trial.

From 1990 to 2022, diabetes prevalence rose greatly, but for the most part, treatment did not increase at all or sufficiently, especially in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in The Lancet.

Low income corresponded with a higher risk for death among individuals with type 2 diabetes, a South Korean-based cohort analysis published in JAMA Network Open suggested.

SAN ANTONIO — A swallowable hydrogel capsule that expands in the stomach demonstrated significant weight-loss, cardiovascular, glycemic and quality of life benefits for patients with overweight or obesity, a speaker reported.

Sotagliflozin was not recommended for approval by the FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee for glucose control as an adjunct to insulin in adults with type 1 diabetes and chronic kidney disease..

Time-restricted eating can improve the health of individuals with metabolic syndrome, who are on the precipice of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health complications, according to an expert.

SAN ANTONIO — Tirzepatide demonstrated long-term weight-loss benefits and prevention of diabetes progression in patients with obesity and prediabetes, but only so long as they continued the weight-loss medication, a speaker reported.