HbA1c Variability Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Risks increased for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events, microvascular complications.
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Lower Risk for Gout With SGLT2 Inhibitors vs GLP1 Agonists in Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers assessed the risk for gout among adults receiving a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor vs a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist.
PSA Levels No Different With Exposure to Antidiabetes Meds
Regardless of PSA levels triggering biopsy, no difference in prostate cancer detection at biopsy.
Canagliflozin Protects Against Renal Function Decline in Advanced Diabetic CKD
WASHINGTON—Canagliflozin showed a protective effect against kidney function decline in patients with type 2 diabetes and a baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, new study findings presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Week 2019 meeting suggest. The findings are from a post-hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 CREDENCE…
Hypoglycemia Increases Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in T2DM
Use of insulin also independently increases risk for ventricular arrhythmia, sudden cardiac arrest.
Cardiologist Most Represented Specialist in Diabetes Care
Case volume was an estimated 81 incident diabetes cases per cardiologist, lower than endocrinologists, nephrologists
Patients With Diabetes Still Require More Hospitalizations for Infections
Excess risk has not improved over time and may be increasing for certain infections in young adults.
Farxiga Gets FDA Approval for Reducing Heart Failure Hospitalization Risk
Farxiga has been approved to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and established cardiovascular disease (CVD) or multiple cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.
Weight Loss Maintenance Important for Cardiometabolic Risk Control in T2D
A larger percentage of weight loss regained after an intensive lifestyle intervention was positively associated with certain cardiometabolic risk factors in type 2 diabetes.
Poor Glycemic Control May Up Risk for Stroke, Death in T2DM
Risk for stroke, death increased with each 10 mmol/mol increase in HbA1c level.
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