Diabetes

Highly effective new anti-obesity medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide have led to a sea change in expectations for the treatment of obesity, giving new hope to individuals who have struggled with excess weight for years.

Patients with both multiple myeloma and diabetes experienced reduced OS compared with those without diabetes, according to study results published in Blood Advances.

ORLANDO — Physicians should be comfortable talking to patients about obesity and center their conversations around its health effects, according to a speaker at OMED.

The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, or IWGDF, recently published updated guidance on the management and prevention of diabetes-related foot diseases.

The HbA1c cutoff for diagnosing women younger than 50 years with diabetes may need to be lower than the cutoff for men, according to study findings.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Data presented here showed diabetes may contribute to increased postoperative complications following total ankle arthroplasty.

Exposure to low levels of nuclear radiation may increase the risk for developing diabetes, according to data presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

In the past 2 decades, metformin has become a mainstay of type 2 diabetes management and is now the recommended first-line drug for treating the disease in the United States and worldwide.

Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure. It is defined as transitory (short-lived) or chronic elevation of the blood pressure in the arteries. This elevation may lead to cardiovascular damage. When left untreated, the damage to the circulatory system can cause heart attack, stroke, heart failure, heart disease and kidney failure.

Healio continues its partnership with Cardiometabolic Health Congress in support of the much-anticipated 18th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress: Social Determinants and Digital Advances in Cardiorenal Metabolic Health in October.