Search results for "Diabetes"
Sleep apnea, daytime sleepiness linked to higher coronary artery calcium scores
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness had a 66% higher risk of atherosclerosis than those with neither condition, a Brazilian analysis found.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/04/5.htm
4 Jul 2023
CGM decreased HbA1c levels, hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes
Two industry-supported studies of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) found encouraging results in patients with type 2 diabetes, leading editorialists to call for broadened access to the technology in this population, particularly in primary care.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/08/4.htm
8 Jun 2021
Type of insulin may affect hypoglycemia rates in older adults with type 2 diabetes, study finds
Risk may be lower with long-acting insulin analogs versus neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/09/4.htm
9 Mar 2021
Regular use of PPIs linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
In an analysis of the Nurses' Health and Health Professionals studies, regular users of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) had a 24% higher risk of diabetes than nonusers, with longer duration of use associated with greater risk.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/06/6.htm
6 Oct 2020
Group-based lifestyle intervention reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
Participants in the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study who underwent multiple educational group sessions that included 50-minute sessions of supervised physical activity had significantly lower odds of type 2 diabetes during a mean follow-up of two years compared to those who received usual care.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/10/5.htm
10 Nov 2020
Social determinants of health associated with higher CVD mortality rates in Black persons
Unemployment, lower family income, food insecurity, not owning a home, and not being married or living with a partner were significantly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality independently of established behavioral and metabolic risk factors.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/15/1.htm
15 Aug 2023
Tailoring diabetes screening by race, ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis
Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine the body mass index and age thresholds for diabetes screening in major racial/ethnic minority populations.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2022
Nonsugar sweeteners should not be used for weight loss, WHO guideline states
The World Health Organization (WHO) cited a lack of evidence suggesting that short-term use of nonsugar sweeteners affected body weight or other measures of adiposity, as well as possible long-term undesirable effects on noncommunicable diseases and death.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/2.htm
23 May 2023
Once-weekly insulin had similar effects to daily insulin in type 2 diabetes, industry-funded trial finds
HbA1c levels improved by more than a point in insulin-naive patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes who were randomized to a weekly 70-U dose of an investigational insulin.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/29/4.htm
29 Sep 2020
Low-dose aspirin associated with 20% increase in risk of anemia among older adults
Analysis of a randomized trial of aspirin in healthy older patients found significantly increased risk of anemia, faster decline in hemoglobin concentrations, and greater decline in ferritin levels with aspirin versus placebo.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/06/20/1.htm
20 Jun 2023