Type 1 Diabetes

JDRF has launched the first mass screening program for early detection of type 1 diabetes called T1Detect, part of a larger effort to prevent disease complications like diabetic ketoacidosis and speed the pace of research for a cure.

Women with disordered eating and type 1 diabetes experience more negative emotions and spend more time in hyperglycemia than those without disordered eating, according to a study published in Diabetic Medicine.

Type 2 diabetes agents with proven cardiovascular benefit may be useful for patients with type 1 diabetes to prevent atherosclerotic CVD, but more robust data are needed for the type 1 population, according to two speakers who debated the issue.

Parents with type 1 diabetes said their children are aware of their diagnosis, but typically do not play an active role in diabetes management, according to a study published in The Diabetes Educator.

White children with type 1 diabetes are twice as likely to initiate continuous glucose monitoring and four times as likely to persist with therapy at 1 year compared with Black and Hispanic children, regardless of insurance type, data show.

A cohort of children in Italy with type 1 diabetes who used a hybrid closed-loop system had improvement in their glucose levels during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to a research letter published in the Journal of Diabetes.

Higher-dose vitamin D supplementation may be a “promising approach” to reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes, according to researchers. This was the top story in endocrinology last week.

An investigational once-daily pill added to optimized insulin therapy was shown to reduce HbA1c among adults with type 1 diabetes during a 12-week trial when compared with placebo plus insulin, according to a presenter.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has published a practice guideline for diabetes management in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Cervical spine surgery results may be improved by addressing patients’ nutritional status, bone mineral density, frailty, mental health and other factors preoperatively, a presenter said at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.