Diabetes

Premixed insulin ups hypoglycemia in inpatients

(HealthDay)—For hospitalized patients with diabetes, treatment with premixed insulin results in similar glycemic control but higher frequency of hypoglycemia compared with a basal-bolus regimen, according to a study published ...

Diabetes

Hypoglycemia, sleep loss prolong cognitive impairment

(HealthDay)—Sleep deprivation does not exacerbate cognitive impairment induced by hypoglycemia, but the post-hypoglycemia recovery takes longer with persistence of both cognitive dysfunction and hypoglycemia symptoms, according ...

Diabetes

Less hypoglycemia with weight-based insulin in hyperkalemia

(HealthDay)—Weight-based insulin dosing is associated with less hypoglycemia than standard dosing for patients with acute hyperkalemia weighing less than 95 kg, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the Journal ...

Diabetes

Liraglutide doesn't affect gastric emptying in type 1 diabetes

(HealthDay)—For individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), liraglutide therapy does not affect the rate of gastric emptying (GE) during hypoglycemia, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in Diabetes, Obesity ...

Diabetes

Moderate hypoglycemia impacts language processing

(HealthDay)—Moderate hypoglycemia is associated with deterioration in language processing in adults with and without type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online March 10 in Diabetes Care.

Diabetes

Hypoglycemia link to HbA1c has declined in type 1 diabetes

The link between low average glucose blood levels and greater risk for severe hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic coma substantially declined between 1995 and 2012 in young Germans and Austrians with type 1 diabetes, according ...

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