Diabetes

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, American Diabetes Association president, describes initiatives for her term, including an end to amputations and improved access to care.

The keys to scientific achievement are perseverance and collaboration, according to Raghavendra G. Mirmira, MD, PhD, who said those qualities combined to make the moon landing “perhaps the greatest” human accomplishment.

Findings from several pivotal trials, including SUMOUNT-2, OASIS-1 and PIONEER PLUS, will be among the many highlights at the American Diabetes Association’s 83rd Scientific Sessions beginning Friday.

Diet and nutritional status of patients with stage 4 to 5 chronic kidney disease may not vastly differ between those with or without diabetes.

Last week, experts converged to discuss their latest updates at the Endocrine Society annual meeting, or ENDO 2023.

Patients with diabetes who received care that did not adhere to the American Diabetes Association, or ADA, guidelines spent an extra $4,031 in annual health care costs compared with the prior year, a recent study found.

Patients who underwent bariatric surgery for morbid obesity had a “substantial and long-lasting reduction” of lipid-lowering and antidiabetic medication use compared with patients who did not undergo surgery.

CHICAGO — Women with polycystic ovary syndrome may have an increased mortality risk, particularly death due to cardiovascular disease and diabetes, compared with those without PCOS, according to a study presented at ENDO 2023.

CHICAGO — Children with diabetes and their caregivers use a wide variety of continuous glucose monitoring alarm settings, and usage may differ based on the child’s age, according to a presenter at ENDO 2023.

CHICAGO — Older men with hypogonadism and high risk for cardiovascular disease who received testosterone therapy had similar rates of CV events as those who received placebo, according to findings from the TRAVERSE trial.