Wild variations in treatment success and how T2D differs in youth and adults top the diabetes news. Click inside for highlights.
Top diabetes headlines: effective treatment rates vary wildly around US, how type 2 differs in youth and adults, antidiabetes Rx’s outpace antiobesity, old drugs perform new tricks-these are just a few of the more significant recent findings.Click on the slides above for highlights of the latest diabetes news.
Diabetes Diagnosis Disparities
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Consensus Report
Can an Old Diabetes Drug Perform New Tricks?
Diabetes and Psoriasis Share Atherosclerosis Burden
Man With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: What HbA1c Goal-And How to Get There?
May 8th 2013The patient, an active 49-year-old man, had an HbA1c of 8.6 after diabetes was first diagnosed. It’s now 7.6 with metformin and lifestyle measures. Is the current A1c goal adequate, or should you treat more aggressively?