In the age of personalized medicine, clinicians are trying to better understand not only patient preferences and values, but expectations as well. This systematic review examined 18 studies involving 17,240 patients with prediabetes to spot trends to facilitate clinical decision-making about how best to prevent disease progression.
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Candidaemia in Patients With Diabetes
Candidaemia is the most common fungal bloodstream infection in hospitalized patients. Diabetes is one of the risk factors for mortality from candidaemia. A group of researchers from Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, compared the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and…
Meter + Diabetes App = Improved Glucose Control
Using data from the Lifescan server, researchers sought to provide real-world evidence, that their products—the OneTouch Verio Reflect (OTVR) meter which provides ColorSure Dynamic Range Indicator (DCRI) and Blood Sugar Mentor (BSM) features that are complemented by the OneTouch Reveal (OTR) mobile app—support improved blood glucose control.
Popular Diabetes Drugs Compared in Large Trial
Metformin has long been considered the first-line medication for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Combined with diet and exercise, the 3-part treatment regimen has been considered the best early approach to diabetes care. But when blood glucose becomes difficult to control and a second medication is…
IDF DIABETES ATLAS 2021 AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas 10th edition is available for download. This publication provides detailed information on the estimated and projected prevalence of diabetes, globally, by region, country, and territory, for 2021, 2030, and 2045. It draws attention to the growing impact of…
NEUROPATHY IMPACTS BONE MICROARCHITECTURE, STRENGTH IN TYPE 1 DIABETES
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with an increased fracture risk, specifically at nonvertebral sites. The influence of glycemic control and microvascular disease on skeletal health in long-standing T1DM remains largely unknown. The researchers aimed to assess areal bone mineral…
lerEXPO Conversations Patient Engagement Vital to Diabetes Prevention
The American Diabetes Association estimates that 34.2 million people—10.5% percent of the U.S. population—have diabetes. And today, like every other day in America, 4,110 people will be diagnosed with diabetes (most will be Type 2) and, sadly, 356 will undergo an amputation. Worldwide, it’s over 500 million people.
By Keith Loria
EXERCISE BEATS ESTRADIOL AT PREVENTING TYPE 2 DIABETES IN RATS
Researchers from Augustana University in South Dakota sought to understand the molecular mechanisms by which estradiol and exercise induce beneficial effects by assessing whole body and cellular changes. They divided a group of female rats into…
Is Weight Loss or Physical Activity More Important for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes?
Ever since the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) multicenter trial was completed nearly 2 decades ago,1 we have known that it is possible to prevent, or at least delay, prediabetes (an insulin resistant state) from progressing into full-blown type 2 diabetes. Why? In the study, diabetes risk was reduced by 58% in the…
By Sheri Colberg, PhD
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