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Type 2 Diabetes Remission Likely With Weight Loss After Diagnosis

TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 – Remission of type 2 diabetes is feasible and is associated with weight loss in the year after diabetes diagnosis, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in PLOS...

Healthful Plant-Based Diet May Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – A healthful plant-based diet may lower the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a study published in the January issue of Diabetes & Metabolism. Alysha S....

When Weight Loss Cures Diabetes, Risks for Heart Disease Tumble, Too

FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 – Folks who drop pounds to help control their diabetes receive other substantial heath benefits for all their efforts, a new study says. Substantial weight loss that led to...

More Americans Will Only Have to Pay $35 a Month for Insulin in 2024

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – Managing diabetes will be a less expensive proposition for more Americans in 2024. Sanofi has officially joined Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in lowering the cost of insulin to ...

Dapagliflozin Cuts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Heart Failure, T2D

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 – For patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes (T2D), dapagliflozin does not reduce urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) but does reduce some cardiovascular...

Prediabetes Common Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 – Prediabetes is highly prevalent in adult survivors of childhood cancer and is associated with future cardiovascular and kidney complications, according to a study published...

FDA Warns of Counterfeit Ozempic

FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has uncovered counterfeit Ozempic shots in the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain, and is warning patients to be on their guard. The FDA...

ED Visit Rate 72.2 Per 1,000 Adults With Diabetes in 2020 to 2021

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 – In 2020 to 2021, the emergency department visit rate was 72.2 visits per 1,000 adults with diabetes, with the rate increasing with age, according to a December data brief...

Diabetes a Common Threat to Kids Who Survive Cancer

THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – Kids who've survived cancer face many health challenges, and a heightened risk for diabetes is one of them, new research shows. A team at St. Jude's Children's Hospital in...

You're Probably Eating a Meal's Worth of Snacks Each Day

TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 – The average U.S. adult eats a meal’s worth of snacks every day, a new study suggests. Americans average about 400 to 500 calories in snacks daily, often more than what they a...

Treatment Modification Common With Second-Line Antidiabetic Meds

THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – Most patients with type 2 diabetes initiating antidiabetic medication (ADM) experience treatment modification within one year, according to a study published in the...

Plant-Based Diets Cut Diabetes Risk by 24%

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 – A healthy plant-based diet can reduce a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes by 24%, a new study has found. Eating plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains has this ...

Use of Noninsulin Antidiabetic Meds Increasing for T2D in Pregnancy

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 – Use of second-line noninsulin antidiabetic medications (ADMs) is increasing for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in pregnancy, but use is not associated with a significantly...

Risk for CRC Reduced With GLP-1RAs for Drug-Naive Patients With T2D

MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – For drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are associated with a reduced risk for colorectal cancer (CRC)...

No Sign that Ozempic, Wegovy Pose Threat to the Fetus: Study

TUESDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – The diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic does not appear to harm a developing fetus when taken by pregnant women, a new study reports. Researchers found no elevated risk of...

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