September 11th 2024
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Across two clinical trials in the QWINT program, once-wekly efsitora showed comparable A1C reduction to frequently used daily insulins.
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GLP-1 Agonist Pop Quiz
Take a short break from the clinic and try 2 quick questions about the injectable gut hormone analogs.
3 Weighty Questions About Obesity and Diabetes
Questions you were afraid to ask about weight-loss modalities in the context of obesity and type 2 diabetes are answered here.
Combo Diet-Exercise Programs Trim Diabetes Risk
In the diabetes news: diet and physical activity programs may help prevent type 2 DM, patiromer shows promise for hyperkalemia, metformin may treat portal hypertension.
Impaired Blood Flow in Diabetic Brain Tied to Cognitive Problems
A multi-step inflammatory cascade appears to connect hyperglycemia and brain dysfunction.
GLP-1s May Do More Than Just Lower Glucose
A protective endothelial function effect may be seen with exenatide in patients who have long-standing type 2 diabetes in the postprandial period after short-term therapy.
3 Things You (Still) Need to Know About GLP-1 Agonists
Incretin mimetic therapy for type 2 diabetes has been on the market for more than 10 years. Find out what you've learned about the GLP-1 agonists, here.
Targeting Cell Aging May Yield Diabetes Therapy
Heading the diabetes news: therapeutic targeting of cellular senescence, food order affects glucose and insulin levels, sugar causes heart muscle damage, central obesity genetic score linked to type 2 DM risk.
Elevated Triglycerides in a Woman with Type 2 Diabetes
What do current guidelines recommend as first-line treatment for patients like 51-year-old TK? Check out these options.
A Nutty Way to Prevent Cancer?
A large review ties nut consumption to a lower incidence of cancer, but not diabetes.
Diabetes Risk Linked With Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism increases the risk of diabetes, but in subclinical hypothyroidism the increased risk is prominent only with statin use.
High Blood Sugar Elevates Breast Cancer Risks
Outcomes are poorer for young women and others with breast cancer when blood sugar levels reflect prediabetes or undiagnosed diabetes. What can you do?
Endocrine Is In: A Top 3 Primary Care Diagnostic Group
Diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism-these endocrine disorders and others are major reasons why patients come to you. Find out what you know, and don’t know, here.
GLP-1: Used Only as Needed
The ADA recommends GLP-1 agonists as second-line therapy against type 2 diabetes. What makes this class unique in its impact on hyperglycemia?
Metabolic Disease Research Roundup From AACE 2015
Metabolic disorders in patients with diabetes place them at particularly high risk for CV morbidity. Find insights on Dx and Tx in these slides.
Abridged Diabetes Guidelines for Primary Care: 6 Noteworthy Changes
The ADA provides an abridged version for PCPs of its annual Standards of Medical Care. Our slides summarize 6 updates important to primary care.
Metformin Trims Colorectal Cancer Risk in Diabetes
The drug appeared to reduce the risk in the first study to assess its effects on younger patients with diabetes in the United States.
Diabetes News Quiz
Take this 3-question mini-quiz to see if you’re up-to-date on diabetes and breast cancer risk, gestational diabetes and depression, and sedentary time and diabetes development.
Have You Heard This (Week's) News?
Three questions for you about this week's breaking medical news on the risks of sitting still, diabetic eye disease, and antibiotics and insulin resistance.
WHO and How Much Sugar?
Evidence-based recommendations on the intake of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases are the ingredients of a new WHO guideline. Find the recipe in these slides.
GLP-1RAs Good for Diabetes, Good for the Heart
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists represent a novel class of antihyperglycemic agents that have a cardiac-friendly profile.
Diabetes Complications Vary Little by Ethnicity
Examining ethnic patterns of prevalent geriatric conditions in diabetes may help ensure culturally competent, patient-centered care in an increasingly diverse population.
Healthy Diet Trims Diabetes Risk in Minority Women
The risk is lowered more in minority women than in white women with a healthy diet, which can play a vital role in prevention.
Diabetes Control Too Tight for Some Older Adults
Maintaining tight glycemic control in older diabetic adults who are in poor health can do far more harm than good, according to results of a new study.
Statins Urged for Diabetes to Curb Heart Disease
Recommendations from the American Diabetes Association also suggest a less stringent diastolic blood pressure target, all in keeping with recent changes in cardiovascular risk management guidelines.
Metformin Ups Survival in T2DM and Cirrhosis
Continuing metformin after a diagnosis of cirrhosis can significantly decrease the risk of death in patients with diabetes, a new study suggests.
Five Top Papers From 2014 That Will Impact Your Practice
New drugs that treat stubborn illness seen often in primary care lead this group of Top 5 Papers for 2014. Type 2 diabetes, cryptogenic stroke, and hep-C are key targets.