CDC Assesses Burden of Eye Disorders in Adults With Diabetes
Cataracts found to be most commonly reported eye disorder affecting adults aged ≥45 years with diabetes.
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“Cardiabetes”: Is It Time for a New Subspecialty?
With a growing number of patients with both diabetes and cardiovascular disease, clinicians consider the need for a new specialty: cardiometabolic medicine.
First-Line Metformin Use in Gestational Diabetes Improves Patient Satisfaction
Using metformin as first-line therapy for gestational diabetes may improve patient satisfaction and has similar efficacy and pregnancy outcomes to insulin.
Dynamics of Gut Amyloid-Producing E coli May Play a Role in T1D Onset
There is a correlation between a high level of amyloid-producing Escherichia coli in the intestines, followed by their depletion due to prophage induction and the initiation of autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes (T1D) progression, according to research findings presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019, held June 20-24, 2019 in San Francisco,…
Metformin May Cut Mortality Risk in Post-Pancreatitis Diabetes
Survival benefit not seen with ever use of metformin for pancreatic cancer-related diabetes.
Comorbid Diabetes, Schizophrenia Increase Hyperglycemic Episode Risk
Findings showed a higher incidence of hyperglycemic episodes in patients with diabetes and comorbid schizophrenia than in those without schizophrenia.
Autonomic Function Testing to Diagnose Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension Linked to Syncope
Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities.
Risk Factors Identified for Atrial Fibrillation With Type 1 Diabetes
Risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation similar to those seen for other forms of cardiovascular disease.
Tracking Prediabetes in Older Adults: Progression, Reversion, and Mortality
A majority of older adults with prediabetes remain stable or revert to normoglycemia over the long term.
Do Diabetes Outcomes Differ Among NPs, PAs, and Physicians?
This study sought to determine whether patients with different types of primary care providers have different chronic illness outcomes than patients seen by physicians alone.
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