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Lower heritability of adult-onset versus childhood-onset type 1 diabetes

23-04-2024 Type 1 Diabetes News

Type 1 diabetes that develops in adulthood has weaker familial associations than type 1 diabetes that develops in childhood.

Preventing and treating stroke in type 2 diabetes

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes Review

The risks of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and poor neurological outcomes after stroke are increased in people with type 2 diabetes. Explore how to manage the hyperacute stroke stage and prevent CV disease.

Highlights from EndoBridge 2023

Free for a limited time Endocrinology Review

Everything you need to know from EndoBridge 2023. Find out the latest developments across all aspects of endocrinology and metabolism, and learn about the clinical approaches to common endocrine issues.

Semaglutide benefits people with type 2 diabetes and obesity-related heart failure

16-04-2024 Type 2 Diabetes News

STEP-HFpEF trial findings indicate that weekly semaglutide improves heart failure symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in people with obesity-related heart failure and type 2 diabetes.

SGLT2 inhibitors: providing CV, renal, and metabolic protection in type 2 diabetes

Open Access Diabetes Therapy Review

The Improving Diabetes Steering Committee outlines the place, value, and advantages of SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. With user-friendly tools to support their use.

Managing type 2 diabetes in children and young people

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes in Children Guideline

This UK consensus guideline provides a practical approach to the assessment and management of type 2 diabetes and associated complications in children and young people.

Statin therapy linked to moderately increased risk for diabetes

09-04-2024 Statins News

Statin therapy leads to small increases in glycemia that translates into a moderate increase in diabetes diagnoses versus placebo.

Discussing the IWGDF guideline on offloading treatments for diabetes-related foot ulcers

Open Access Diabetic Foot Podcast

In this Adis podcast, the guideline’s lead authors highlight why offloading treatments are needed, what the updated guideline recommends, and what the offloading future could bring.

STARDUST trial PADs out liraglutide’s role in type 2 diabetes

03-04-2024 Type 2 Diabetes News

Liraglutide improves peripheral perfusion as well as lowering blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral arterial disease.

ICI-induced insulin-dependent diabetes without islet autoantibodies

Diabetes Case Study

Rapidly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes in the absence of islet autoantibodies developed 2 years after starting treatment with the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab.

Update on early-onset type 2 diabetes

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes Review

Early-onset type 2 diabetes (<40 years of age) progresses more rapidly than later-onset disease, insulin is started earlier, and the risk of mortality and complications is increased. How can prevention and treatment be optimized?

Better long-term diabetes control with bariatric surgery

25-03-2024 Type 2 Diabetes News

Pooled analysis suggests bariatric surgery improves glycemic control, reduces the need for medication, and increases rate of diabetes remission compared with medical or lifestyle management.

Nonketotic hyperglycemia hemichorea-hemiballismus

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes Case Study

HC-HB is a rare movement disorder that can occur in patients with poorly controlled diabetes and hyperglycemia without ketoacidosis. The mainstay of treatment is prompt correction of hyperglycemia.

Nephroprotective effects of incretin-based therapies

Open Access Diabetic Nephropathy Review

Cardiovascular outcome trials indicate that incretin-based therapies have renal benefits beyond their glucose-lowering efficacy. But what is the evidence regarding the nephroprotective effects of these anti-diabetes compounds?

Diabetes, UTIs, and SGLT2 inhibitors

UTIs are common in people with diabetes, but how do they compare with UTIs in people without diabetes? And what role might SGLT2 inhibitors have in the increased risk of genitourinary infections?

Look(ing) AHEAD at reduced cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes

13-03-2024 Type 2 Diabetes News

Maintaining weight loss and high-volume physical activity reduces the risk of CV death in people with type 2 diabetes and overweight/obesity, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD study.

Lipid-lowering drugs in the treatment of diabetes

Open Access Dyslipidemia Review

Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for CVD, especially in people with diabetes. New lipid-lowering treatments are being approved in this population, but what are their effects on glycemic control?

Understanding diabetes and infection

Open Access Diabetes Review

The relationship between diabetes and infection is complex. Find out which infections are most common, what increases the risk and severity of infection, and the principles of treatment.

Bruns–Garland syndrome as the initial manifestation of type 2 diabetes

Open Access Type 2 Diabetes Case Study

Diabetic radiculoplexus neuropathy, or Bruns–Garland syndrome, is a rare form of microvascular complication that more commonly affects the lumbosacral plexus and, very rarely, the cervical plexus.

Status of OCT angiography for diabetic retinopathy

The applications of OCTA in diabetic retinopathy continue to grow. In particular, ultrawide field OCTA and AI based on OCTA images are making advances in terms of diagnostic accuracy.