Type 2 Diabetes

With clear advantages to living kidney donations work is being done to expand the reach of donors through chains of procedures which can reach across the country if needed.

The number of patients who need a kidney transplant far outweighs the number of organs available for donation. Despite that work is being done to make even a small dent in this growing problem.

Latent autoimmune diabetes can be a tough diagnosis to make. Our blogger shares some pointers on this little-understood subtype of diabetes.

DCAN remains overlooked as an important risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality in diabetes.

Clinicians are advised of potential atypical cases of diabetic ketoacidosis resulting from SGLT2 inhibitor use for type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Bernie Sanders.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Marco Rubio.

Our Feb. list includes the breast-thyroid cancers link, cortical bone porosity in diabetic patients, and a gene associated with diabetes.

The EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial explored the effect of empagliflozin on improving heart failure outcomes across a variety of type 2 diabetes patients.

SGLT2 inhibitors are known to lower blood pressure, but how best to use these drugs with blood pressure lowering medications remains an open question.

A new study comparing psoriatic arthritis patients who do and do not develop cardiovascular disease suggests a strong connection between arthritis that’s polyarticular at onset and diabetes and subsequent strokes and coronary events.

This study is the first to look at all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes patients after bariatric surgery.

Researchers examined the effect neighborhood disadvantage and race play in metabolic control and inflammation in children with type 1 diabetes.

When it comes to heart health, millions of Americans who have been labeled obese or overweight aren’t in such bad shape after all, according California researchers.

Sleep habits may help identify patients who could benefit from diabetes-prevention programs.

This month’s roundup: diet & exercise, such as constrained total energy expenditure model and effects of a higher-protein diet on body composition.

The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline covering diagnosis and treatment of primary adrenal insufficiency in January 2016. The European Society of Endocrinology and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry co-sponsored this document.

Teenagers can be tricky patients to treat. Parents know that, patients who progress through the adolescent years and reflect on their teen years know that, and increasingly, organized medicine is acknowledging it with structured specialties in adolescent medicine. Endocrinologists who treat adolescents need unique communication skills and plenty of patience.

Women who have trouble sleeping have a much greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study found.

A whopping 22 million people worldwide have Type 1 diabetes. Insulin therapy, while necessary, is associated with more than 40 hypoglycemic episodes annually for the average T1DM patient, and can lead to weight gain, which increases cardiovascular risks. A recent study looked at whether non-insulin therapy could also help treat this patient population

Patients with elevated blood sugar after heart surgery may need treatment tailored to their initial diabetes status.

Cushing’s disease, caused by excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone production from a pituitary adenoma, is rare and can be difficult for non-endocrinologists to diagnose. As it can cause other serious conditions getting a diagnosis as quickly as possible can be critical for the overall health of patients.

Does testosterone treatment exacerbate the risk of cardiovascular events in men with type 2 diabetes and a high risk of cardiovascular events?

With doctors treating patients from across the spectrum, they are being asked to provide individualized treatment for a variety of conditions. Providing the care they need in the confines of their practice can be a challenge no matter where doctors work.

For some doctors, treating patients who are obese or overweight can take a certain soft touch that they may not be used to using in their practice

When a new medication is introduced to the market there are many questions that need to be answered to determine how successful they will be in patient care. How the medication is delivered and how much it costs the patient are among the most important.

With two medications moving through the pipeline, patients with diabetic kidney disease may soon get a new treatment to prevent their developing end stage kidney disease.

Older patients with type 2 diabetes are a highly variable population with different requirements for diabetes management.

The past 30 years have witnessed major advances in PCI; fewer changes have occurred with CABG, though the death rate has decreased. Which is better?

What will the burden on the health system be if non-compliant patients are dismissed from practices and deprived of care?