Diabetes
News
FDA approves new type 2 diabetes drug bexagliflozin
Another SGLT2 inhibitor has been approved for type 2 diabetes based on results from 23 clinical trials in 5,000 patients.
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Nitrite food additives may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Greater intake of nitrites from food additives was tied to greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, in a French study, but some experts...
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Diet packed with fast food found hard on the liver
“Striking” elevations in steatosis were evident among persons with obesity and diabetes who consumed fast food, in comparison with their...
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Metformin monotherapy not always best start in type 2 diabetes
Findings suggest that at time of type 2 diabetes diagnosis some might not benefit from metformin as first-line treatment. Dual or other therapy...
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Oramed oral insulin fails to meet goal in type 2 diabetes
Top-line results from the phase 3 trial of ORMD-0801 show that the oral insulin product didn’t meet the trial’s endpoint for change from baseline...
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Fair access crucial for new diabetes/kidney disease drugs, say guidelines
A 2022 guideline for treating diabetes in people with chronic kidney disease highlighted the proven value of three underused drug classes and...
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PPI use in type 2 diabetes links with cardiovascular events
Prospective data from almost 20,000 people with type 2 diabetes show that proton pump inhibitor use is linked with significantly more...
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Latest steps toward reducing U.S. insulin cost begin in 2023
Beneficiaries who take insulin via pen or syringe, covered under Medicare part D, fall under the $35/month co-pay cap.
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Diabetes surge expected in young people
It is expected that as many as 526,000 people younger than 20 years in the United States will have diabetes by 2060.
News
FDA approves Wegovy (semaglutide) for obesity in teens 12 and up
FDA approves semaglutide 2.4mg (Wegovy), a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, for treating obesity in adolescents aged 12 years and older.
Conference Coverage
Dubious diagnosis: Is there a better way to define ‘prediabetes’?
There have been major increases in prediabetes in the United States and globally over the past 2 decades.