Diabetes
Prevalence of metformin use 0.7 percent in prediabetes
(HealthDay)—For U.S. adults with prediabetes, the prevalence of metformin use is 0.7 percent, according to a study published online April 3 in Diabetes Care.
Apr 7, 2017
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Poor diabetes control in children tied to high risk for COVID-19 complications, death
Children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes have a 10 times higher risk of COVID-19-related complications and death compared to those with well-controlled diabetes, according to a study presented virtually at ENDO 2021, ...
Mar 21, 2021
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Diabetes
Liraglutide with insulin improves poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes
Obese adults with poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes can better control their blood sugar by adding liraglutide, a Type 2 diabetes drug, to their insulin therapy, a new study finds. The results, which will be presented at ...
Jun 25, 2012
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Health
Cooking, diabetes self-management education, and intervention improve quality of life
Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have partnered with Columbus-based nonprofit Local Matters on a study that tested whether a cooking intervention that provided food—along ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
What are ideal blood sugar levels for preventing repeat strokes, heart attacks?
Blood sugar control has always been important for people with diabetes when it comes to preventing a stroke. But a new study finds for people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal target blood sugar range ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Diabetes
Exercise, therapy may improve depression, diabetes outcomes
(HealthDay)—Exercise and/or behavioral treatment interventions may provide clinically meaningful improvements in depression outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and major depressive disorder (MDD), according to ...
May 31, 2019
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Diabetes
High prevalence of diabetes, prediabetes in China
A large, nationally representative survey in 2013 of adults in China finds that the estimated overall prevalence of diabetes was about 11 percent and that of prediabetes was nearly 36 percent, according to a study published ...
Jun 27, 2017
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Diabetes
Gender-based differences in glycemic control in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes, there are gender-based differences in glycemic control and hypoglycemia after insulin treatment, according to research published in the June issue of Diabetes, Obesity and ...
May 26, 2015
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Gut microbe levels are linked to type 2 diabetes and obesity
People with Type 2 diabetes or obesity have changes in the composition of their intestinal micro-organisms—called the gut microbiota—that healthy people do not have, researchers from Turkey have found. They presented ...
Jun 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HbA1C test for glucose monitoring poorly predictive in dialysis patients
The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
May 31, 2011
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