Continuous glucose monitors can optimize diabetic ketoacidosis management
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common severe complication of diabetes, which develops when the body can't produce enough insulin.
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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: News and Research on Acidosis
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Glycerol intoxication syndrome: Public health advice on slush ice drinks may need revision
Public health advice on the safe consumption of glycerol-containing slush ice drinks, also known as slushees, may need revising, conclude researchers after carrying out a detailed review of the medical notes of 21 children ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Type 1 diabetes: Hybrid closed-loop and open-loop systems therapies compared
People with type 1 diabetes require continuous insulin treatment and must regularly measure their glucose levels. With open-loop therapies, insulin administration is manually controlled, while hybrid closed-loop systems automatically ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Guidelines call for widespread Type 1 diabetes screening in children
A University of Florida Health physician-scientist led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts who recently developed new treatment guidelines emphasizing wider screening for the disease among children and adolescents ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Too much lactate can harm our health—these microbes in our gut keep it in check
Lactate will be familiar to many due to a common belief that it causes muscle "burn" following exercise—but this is a myth.
Oct 11, 2024
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New method predicts worsening of chronic kidney disease
Researchers from Aarhus University have developed a new method to predict which patients with chronic kidney failure are at risk of losing kidney function over time. The method is based on an analysis of acid-base balances ...
Sep 12, 2024
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Hospitals worldwide are short of saline—here's why they can't just switch to other IV fluids
Last week, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration added intravenous (IV) fluids to the growing list of medicines in short supply. The shortage is due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues.
Jul 29, 2024
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New guidelines set to change the way clinicians diagnose type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnoses could soon be transformed with newly released guidance, developed with input from a University of Adelaide expert, outlining how to detect and monitor early-stage T1D before the point of symptom ...
Jun 25, 2024
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Take my (bad) breath away—causes of halitosis and how to check whether you have it
In Greek mythology, the many-headed beast Hydra had such severe halitosis that the stench of its breath was deadly to anyone who smelled it. Thankfully, our morning breath might not be that pungent—although eating onions ...
Jun 18, 2024
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The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today
At the start of the pandemic, many people living with diabetes were wondering what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to put people at higher risks from other infectious diseases, including flu. Would it ...
Jun 6, 2024
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