Endo News Roundup: Diabetes Prevention and Remission
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Fresh Fruit: Impact on Diabetes & Complications
Fruit may not be viewed as being as healthy as fresh vegetables for patients with diabetes because of its relatively high sugar content.
Endo News Roundup: Diabetic Retinopathy
April news highlights the importance of timely eye examinations in young patients with diabetes and the efficacy of a teleretinal screening program.
Screen Time and Insulin Resistance in Children
The health effects of sedentary behavior, such as screen time, include adiposity & T2DM risk in adults. How does screen time affect children?
Obesity Management: ENDO 2017 Highlights
Could corticosteroid use put your patients at a greater risk of metabolic syndrome?
Endo 2017: Improve Diabetes, Obesity Care
Three studies from ENDO 2017 focused on improving patient care through brain stimulation, an artificial pancreas system, and videoconferencing.
Endo News Roundup: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Studies include drug-free remission of T2DM, and the impact of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia on cardiovascular health.
Type 1 Diabetes: First-Ever Exercise Guidelines
A new set of guidelines will help people with type 1 diabetes mellitus exercise safely to avoid fluctuations in blood sugar.
Strength Training & Incident Diabetes, CVD Rates
Strength training can improve glycemic control among diabetics, but can it reduce rates of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?
Endo News Roundup: Diabetes Biomarker
March news includes a possible biomarker for diabetes, a new sensor to read glucose levels, and a study on insulin resistance and bone fracture.
Eliminate Pre-Diabetes: Diet Comparison
In a randomized controlled trial, 24 men and women with pre-diabetes were assigned to either a diet high in protein or high in carbohydrate.
Endo News Roundup: CGM & Metformin Use
New studies review updated guidelines for metformin use, an examination of all-cause mortality in T2DM, and continuous glucose monitoring for T1DM.
Endo News Roundup: Fracture, Gestational Diabetes Risks
This month’s roundup covers hip fracture risk, improvements in diabetes-associated risk assessment, and a model to calculate gestational diabetes risk.
Diabetes Control: Insulin, Metformin & Exenatide
How do you treat patients with type 2 diabetes unable to achieve glycemic control with either oral treatment or basal insulin?
Psoriasis Patients Require Annual PsA Screening
Up to 30% of psoriasis patients will develop psoriatic arthritis. Studies show that a proportion of patients in clinical care have undiagnosed PsA.
Endo News Roundup: Diabetes Complications & Risks
The risk of developing diabetes in ICU survivors with stress hyperglycemia is similar to the risk in women with gestational diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin: Physician Reluctance
Do you hesitate to initiate insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes patients? To understand barriers, researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey.
Beverage Choice: Impact on Prediabetes, Weight
Two studies examined the effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on prediabetes and insulin resistance and of low-calorie beverages on weight loss.
New Diabetes Guidelines: Insulin Pumps & CGM
New guidelines from the Endocrine Society discuss insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Intensive Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers examined the impact of early intervention with short-term intensive insulin therapy on patients with type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes & Exercise: Time Matters
Two diabetes studies looked at timing of exercise and glycemia levels, and length of time and degree of intensity of exercise and diabetes risk.
Endo News Roundup: Stress, Depression, and LDL
New studies reveal diabetes risks with job stress and the mechanism used to reduce LDL, as well as the effects of depression & diabetes in young men.
Cannabinoid Compounds for Type 2 Diabetes
There are claims, ranging from anecdotal reports to experimental research, that cannabis and its derivative compounds have medicinal use for diabetes.
The Role of Inflammation and Risks of Stroke in Psoriatic Arthritis
Experts now believe that psoriatic arthritis should be considered a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, including stroke.
New Formulation to Deliver Insulin Orally
Researchers are now developing a new way to administer insulin orally with tiny vesicles that can deliver the medicine where it needs to go.
Do Type 2 Diabetes Patients on Insulin Meet Goals?
Are your patients on insulin achieving their HbA1c targets? It’s estimated that about half of patients with type 2 diabetes meet their glycemic goals.
Endo News Roundup: T1 and T2 Diabetes Management
Three studies show the potential of an artificial pancreas & a less invasive glucose testing device and a 2-drug combo to improve glycemic measures.
Do Fatty Acids Lower Diabetic Retinopathy Risk?
A prospective study from Spain of over 3600 patients with type 2 diabetes tested the theory that fatty acids protect against diabetic retinopathy.
Biologic Switching in PsA: 5 Things Rheumatologists Need to Know
In this slideshow, we highlight five of the top concerns and questions physicians have about switching patients from one biologic to another in psoriatic arthritis.
The Switch: From One TNF inhibitor to another in PsA
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors have transformed the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. However, switching TNF inhibitors two or three times is not uncommon.