Type 2 Diabetes

New studies review updated guidelines for metformin use, an examination of all-cause mortality in T2DM, and continuous glucose monitoring for T1DM.

The risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs), but not necessarily genital infections, may vary by agent within the SGLT2 inhibitor class.

Diabetes: trained dogs monitor glucose levels.

The device, initialized using only body mass, with no required data on usual insulin regimens, was compared to standard care with insulin pump and CGM.

Past studies have linked nut consumption to decreased risk of CVD & all-cause mortality, but have not systematically evaluated less common causes of death.

Maryland researchers found that even mild hypoglycemia can pose a cardiovascular risk in obese people with diabetes.

Creating a better understanding of how race and ethnicity impact social determinants of health can improve culturally tailored diabetes interventions.

Extracorporeal shock therapy helped patients with diabetes improve their range of motion when suffering from "frozen shoulder" a study in Italy found.

Sitagliptin tablets proved more convenient and equally safe and effective as insulin injections in achieving glycemic control for people with diabetes admitted to hospitals for medical care or surgery, a five-center study found.

Though all obese women are treated as though they are at high risk of getting diabetes during pregnancy, that's not true. Only a quarter of them do. A UK team has figured out how to assess risk.

With the holidays upon us, this month’s topic is a timely one – diet/physical activity misconceptions you may hear from patients and their families.

A new analysis indicates that a 25% reduction in exposure to certain household chemicals would reduce diabetes cases by approximately 13%, enough to save billions of dollars in annual health costs.

While one study found that taking vitamin D during pregnancy may hinder early ADHD symptoms, another recent study believes that gestational use of diabetes medications may lead to them.

As if egg-laying Australian mammals with webbed feet weren't fascinating enough, it turns out that their venom contains an insulin-stimulating peptide resistant to the forces that usually shorten its effectiveness in humans. Yes, they have venom.

For men afflicted with type 2 diabetes and at high risk for heart attacks; however, relief might be found in an unlikely source – the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil).

There are a lot of tasty things that people with diabetes should not eat. But butter is not one of them, a study found.

Researchers examined the impact of early intervention with short-term intensive insulin therapy on patients with type 2 diabetes.

Aiming to investigate the metabolic changes that occur before the onset of non-alcoholic fatty live disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes, researchers found that insulin resistance and waist circumference were associated with NAFLD among women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus (pGDM).

Phase 3 trials showed that empaglifloxin (Jardiance/Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly) can reduce blood pressure in type 2 patients.

Did adding an SGLT2 inhibitor improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes? A recent meta-analysis explores this question.

Some have called Medtronics MiniMed 670G an "artificial pancreas." The device is not that. It still requires user intervention. That said, it requires less intervention than any of the devices that have come before it.

An analysis of data in the Nurses' Health Study found that women who exercised regularly were just as likely as peers who did not to get multiple sclerosis. Exercise is still helpful in managing symptoms.

A new study examined the cost of increasingly prevalent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in both the United States and Europe and places the bill in the hundreds of billions.

Not all patients fit neatly into type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Our blogger shares clinical tips for identifying & treating ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes.

Using findings from 100 RCTs, researchers summarize the effects of different dietary fats and carbohydrate on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.