Diabetes

NEW ORLEANS —The rise in use of diabetes medications and continuous glucose monitoring had led to new challenges for treating pregnant women with diabetes.

NEW ORLEANS —A noninvasive device using a radiofrequency sensor may be able to measure glucose levels for people with diabetes in the future, according to a speaker at the AACE Annual Meeting.

Looking to the future will be a key theme at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 2024 annual meeting with a keynote lecture focused on AI and sessions examining guidance updates and new technology.

Among patients with diabetes undergoing emergency surgery, the risk for respiratory complications afterward was not heightened with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

There may be a link between chronic kidney disease and the onset of migraines in Korean adults, according to data from a nationwide longitudinal follow-up study.

Acrochordons, also known as skin tags or fibroepithelial polyps, are correlated with metabolic disease and obesity in pediatric patients, according to a study.

Since 1949, May has been designated Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to address the challenges faced by millions of individuals experiencing mental health conditions, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer who ate more plant-based foods experienced significantly lower risk for disease progression compared with individuals who ate lower quantities, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.

In older men, the sleep breathing impairment index definition of combined insomnia-obstructive sleep apnea predicted incident diabetes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Adults who had not used a previous obesity medication lost more weight after receiving semaglutide than those who did, according to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.