Diabetes

Older adults with type 2 diabetes are less likely to have a cardiovascular event if they are initially prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 receptor agonist instead of a DPP-IV inhibitor, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Almost four in 10 adults with type 1 diabetes were not diagnosed until after the age of 30 years, according to a recently published study.

Patients with type 2 diabetes who used icodec titrated with the help of an app saw greater reductions in HbA1c compared with once-daily basal insulin analogues dosed per standard clinical practice, a randomized clinical trial showed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Data presented here showed younger age, rheumatoid arthritis and comorbidities, including diabetes and higher BMI, were the most reported patient-related risk factors for poorer outcomes after total ankle arthroplasty.

In a new clinical report, the AAP recommended against low- and very low-carbohydrate diets for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, “except under close diabetes care team supervision utilizing safety guidelines.”

Diagnostic testing for hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia remains low globally, driven by substantial shares of low- and middle-income populations who are not tested despite meeting WHO criteria.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes had a greater risk for subsequent mortality over 30 years compared with women who have been pregnant without gestational diabetes history, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Pancreatic islet transplantation may reduce transplant failure risk and boost long-term survival vs. insulin alone in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes, new data show.

Patients who have had gestational diabetes could face an increased risk for mortality, according to experts.

The risk for thyroid eye disease is 3.2 times higher in adults, particularly those aged younger than 50 years, 28 days after receiving a vaccination against COVID-19.