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American Diabetes Association, June 20-23
The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association was held this year from June 20 to 23 in Chicago, drawing more than 15,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health p...
Monthly Obesity Shot, MariTide, Shows Big Weight Loss in Trial
WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 — Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed a...
Low-Glucose Alerts Beneficial for Insulin-Treated Drivers With Diabetes
FRIDAY, March 21, 2025 – For individuals with type 1 diabetes, low-glucose alerts improve the time below range for drivers and reduce the incidence of low glucose while driving, according to a study...
Makers Drag Feet Reporting Medical Device Side Effects: Study
TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 – Other people could be having problems with the same insulin pump, dental implant or glucose monitor that you use – and you might not find out in a timely manner. That’s b...
Study Explores Effect of Hybrid Closed-Loop Therapy on Diabetic Complications
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 – For young people with type 1 diabetes, hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery does not affect the rate of severe hypoglycemia and is associated with an increased risk for...
Wrong Smartphone Settings Can Lead to Missed Alerts From Linked Diabetes Devices
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging all patients with smartphone-compatible diabetes devices to check their phone configurations to ensure all safety alerts are...
Oral Glucose-Lowering Agents Potential Alternatives to Insulin for Gestational Diabetes
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – With respect to the proportion of infants born large for gestational age, treatment of gestational diabetes with metformin and glyburide, if needed, does not meet the...
Biomarkers of Insulin Resistance Are Risk Factors for Aortic Stenosis
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 – Biomarkers of insulin resistance are risk factors for aortic stenosis (AS), according to a study published online Nov. 27 in the Annals of Medicine. Maija Sohlman, from the...
Duodenal ReCET Plus Semaglutide Can Prevent Need for Insulin in T2DM
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 – For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), duodenal recellularization via electroporation therapy (ReCET), which uses pulsed electric fields to induce natural cell death...
Once-Weekly Efsitora Noninferior to Degludec for Type 2 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 – Once-weekly efsitora is noninferior to once-daily degludec for reducing glycated hemoglobin levels in adults with type 2 diabetes who have not received insulin, according to...
Weekly Insulin Injections As Effective for Diabetes as Daily Shots, Studies Show
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – Weekly insulin shots can help control both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical trials have found. A new class of insulin called...
Hormone Tx Tied to Reductions in Insulin Resistance
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – Hormone therapy (HT) is associated with significantly reduced insulin resistance in healthy postmenopausal women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of...
Flying Could Upset Insulin Pump Function for Type 1 Diabetics
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Diabetics who fly with an insulin pump could find themselves with lower-than-normal blood sugar levels, a new study says. Altitude appears to affect the ability of insulin...
High Insulin Levels Genetically Linked to Lower Lipoprotein(a)
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2024 – There is an association between genetically predicted increased insulin concentrations and decreased concentrations of circulating lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]), according to a...
Everything You Need to Know About Insulin
SATURDAY, Aug. 31, 2024 – Insulin can be a critical part of managing diabetes, but patients may not know all of the ins and outs of using the medication effectively. Luckily, the American Diabetes...