Diabetes

The FDA granted integrated continuous glucose monitoring designation to a fully-implantable CGM, according to a press release.

Black adolescents who face more racial discrimination may be more likely to have metabolic syndrome at age 31 years, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with diabetes who use a smart pen for both basal and bolus insulin delivery have a reduction in time in range with each injection they miss over a 14-day period, according to data published in Diabetes Care.

BOSTON — New recommendations from ACP on type 2 diabetes treatment include adding a GLP-1 agonist or SGLT-2 inhibitor to therapy for patients who have inadequate glycemic control, the organization announced.

Annual expenditures for diabetes medications more than tripled in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020, and the increase played a role in an overall rise in money spent on prescription drugs, according to study findings.

Food insecurity was associated with lower odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among patients with HIV, although the presence of diabetes increased the odds of fibrosis in this population, according to data.

A consortium recommended classifying people with a high risk for pancreatic cancer into subtypes based on family history and germline variants, according to findings published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Among adults with hypothyroidism, 54.2% had a type D personality with high levels of negative feelings and social withdrawal, according to a recent study.

The 2024 American Diabetes Association Standards of Care put an emphasis on getting continuous glucose monitoring into the hands of more people with diabetes.

ATLANTA — A remote, team-based approach with immediate initiation of necessary medications improved guideline-directed medical therapy use at 6 months for patients with diabetes at high CV or renal risk, researchers reported.