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Pandemic derails small success in lowering diabetes-related amputations
Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely...
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FDA approves rapid-acting insulin, Lyumjev, for pump use
Approved for diabetes treatment last year, it’s the second ultra-rapid-acting insulin approved for use in insulin delivery devices.
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Low glycemic diet improves A1c, other risk factors in diabetes
A meta-analysis that incorporates the most recent research on the topic shows important benefits of a low glycemic diet for people with diabetes...
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Recent Trends in Diabetes Treatment and Control in US Adults: A Geriatrician’s Point of View
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Patients with diabetes more likely to be hospitalized, especially with foot infection
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FDA clears app for FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitor
System includes optional alarms; app allows for remote monitoring.
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Modest calorie reduction plus exercise linked with improved vascular health
It’s “not entirely clear” why greater calorie restriction did not translate to greater vascular benefit, noted the lead author of the paper.
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PCPs lag on albuminuria tests in patients with type 2 diabetes
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Diabetes duration linked to increasing heart failure risk
Diabetes duration of 15 years or more is tied to a tripled incident heart failure rate, 20-year follow-up on nearly 10,000 U.S. adults shows.
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‘I did nothing wrong’: MDs used their own sperm for fertility patients
“The hubris of a doctor to impregnate his own patient, in some effort to either save money or populate the world with his offspring, is striking...