Type 2 Diabetes

In patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by nephropathy, what is the real life effect of statin therapy on cardiovascular disease prevention?

A retrospective analysis of nutrition studies showed magnesium can reduce heart failure and diabetes risk. The key is dosage, a team found.

The latest tallies on US life expectancy show its down a bit.

A roundup of insulin-related FDA news includes approved combination medications, the latest devices, and CT imaging recommendations for insulin pumps.

Do you hesitate to initiate insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes patients? To understand barriers, researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey.

With the holidays upon us, this month’s topic is a timely one – diet/physical activity misconceptions you may hear from patients and their families.

Two studies examined the effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on prediabetes and insulin resistance and of low-calorie beverages on weight loss.

A new analysis indicates that a 25% reduction in exposure to certain household chemicals would reduce diabetes cases by approximately 13%, enough to save billions of dollars in annual health costs.

SGLT2 inhibitors made diabetes headlines this year by gaining FDA approval for cardiovascular indication. We highlight this news and more for 2016.

A 68-year-old man with long-standing hypertension, ischemic heart disease, obesity, T2DM, & rheumatoid arthritis was treated with an SGLT2 inhibitor.

While one study found that taking vitamin D during pregnancy may hinder early ADHD symptoms, another recent study believes that gestational use of diabetes medications may lead to them.

Compounds in cocoa and chocolate have known cardiovascular benefits. Could habitual chocolate intake lower the risk of type 2 diabetes as well?

As if egg-laying Australian mammals with webbed feet weren't fascinating enough, it turns out that their venom contains an insulin-stimulating peptide resistant to the forces that usually shorten its effectiveness in humans. Yes, they have venom.

Researchers linked several national registries & the Danish Infertility Cohort to find data on women with infertility problems between 1963 and 2011.

Does the obesity paradox exist in heart failure? What roles do ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes & acute decompensated heart failure play?

Many previous studies have shown that smoking causes lung cancer, but a recently published report explained that heavy smokers with diabetes also have an increased risk of death unrelated to lung cancer.

With diabetes affecting so many parts of a patient's life sometimes it is not enough for one provider to help them manage the condition.

It can be easy for providers to be lost in numbers as they go through a busy day in the clinic. However, there is evidence to suggest that finding different ways to help patients beyond symptom management can do as much if not more to help improve quality of life overall.

Patients with diabetes face a number of challenges in their daily life, especially monitoring their blood glucose levels. There is work being done in the medical community to monitor other potential issues that can affect quality of life overall and how to address them.

Novo Nordisk’s Xultophy combines a previously marketed basal insulin with a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, and was yesterday accepted by the FDA. The company plans to have the drug on the market in 2017.

For men afflicted with type 2 diabetes and at high risk for heart attacks; however, relief might be found in an unlikely source – the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil).

Despite a heightened risk of diabetes, Asian Americans are least likely to be screened for the disease, according to a new study from the University of Chicago.

Researchers investigated the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular health & diabetes, as well as statin therapy & visceral adipose tissue.

Our November list includes an injectable male contraceptive, resveratrol treatment for PCOS, and novel gene associated with Addison disease.

Analysis of data from a large survey has identified a number of factors that predict depression in women with diabetes and could help physicians provide better care for such patients.

Three studies from AHA 2016 covered the dangers of yo-yo dieting, a program to reduce sugary drink consumption, and high protein diets.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 11 years ago. A physician and colleagues documented "Post Katrina Stress Disorder" tells how he came to do the study, and what the disaster was like for him.

A new analysis of data from the Framingham Offspring Study indicated that the consumption of sugary beverages – but not diet beverages – is strongly associated with the progression of insulin resistance and the development of prediabetes.

With ever-growing data that the inflammation in rheumatic conditions can go hand-in-hand with cardiovascular inflammation, two different studies seek to broaden rheumatology’s approach to dangerous conditions it may influence.

Our November list includes studies from Obesity Week focusing on weight loss surgery & new findings in obesity, as well as risk factors for diabetes.