Diabetes
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Education before Ramadan key to safe fasting with diabetes
“With correct advice and support” from knowledgeable health care professionals “most people with type 2 diabetes can fast safely during Ramadan...
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COORDINATE-Diabetes: A ‘wake-up call’ for many specialties
“I look at COORDINATE as a wake-up call to the need for multispecialty approaches to people with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”
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‘Artificial pancreas’ for all type 1 diabetes pregnancies?
The hybrid closed-loop system is not available in the United States but other systems are available and sometimes used off label in pregnancy.
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Thirty-three percent of type 1 diabetes patients insulin free with stem cells
Engraftment of Vertex Pharmaceutical’s VX-880 stem cell–derived islets has now been achieved in six patients, two of whom are insulin-independent...
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WHO plans to declare common sweetener as possible carcinogen
Aspartame would join the “possibly” carcinogenic group, which includes gasoline engine exhaust and working as a dry cleaner.
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Tirzepatide: Therapeutic titan or costly cure?
Positioning tirzepatide as the first injectable of choice after oral treatment escalation with metformin and an SGLT2 inhibitor may remain an...
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CGM alarm fatigue in youth?
Sometimes alarm thresholds generate too many alarms – which in turn might lead patients to ignore the devices.
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Beta cells from stem cells: Nearing a cure for type 1 diabetes?
The patients were producing insulin, they had positive C-peptide levels, and it showed that these beta cells work when given to human beings.
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FDA OKs pancreatic islet cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
“Today’s approval ... provides individuals living with type 1 diabetes and recurrent severe hypoglycemia an additional treatment option to help...
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Once-weekly basal insulin nears market for type 2 diabetes
“I feel that weekly insulins have the potential to become transformational as preferred options for basal insulin replacement in people with type...
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ADA: Screen all with type 2 diabetes for fatty liver disease
The ADA now advises screening all adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, particularly those with obesity or cardiometabolic risk factors or...