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Stem cell transplants could be ‘transformational’ in type 1 diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
A second patient who received Vertex’s VX-880 has experienced glycemic improvements, while the first one is completely insulin independent.
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Obesity in adolescence raises risk for adult type 1 diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Risk of type 1 diabetes was doubled compared with adolescents with optimal body mass index in a study of military recruits.
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ADA 2022 preview: Tirzepatide and much more
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Full SURMOUNT-1 data, new approaches to type 2 diabetes management, discoveries in type 1 diabetes prevention and treatment, disparities, mental...
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FDA clears Abbott Freestyle Libre 3 glucose sensor
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- Miriam E. Tucker
New features on the Freestyle Libre 3 system include real-time readings, improved accuracy, and smaller size.
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SGLT2 inhibitors as first-line therapy in type 2 diabetes?
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Real-world study finds heart failure hospitalization reduction, compared with metformin but not MI, stroke, or overall mortality and with greater...
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Vitamin D doesn’t reduce type 2 diabetes risk ... or does it?
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“Given how prevalent prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are, clinicians and patients should consider vitamin D supplementation as an adjunct to...
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Abaloparatide works in ‘ignored population’: Men with osteoporosis
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Study finds increased bone mineral density from baseline to 1 year in men with osteoporosis.
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First fatty liver guidelines for endocrinology, primary care
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Endocrinologists and primary care docs “need to be the ones who are diagnosing and managing [non-alcoholic fatty liver disease] because there just...
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Screening for diabetes at normal BMIs could cut racial disparities
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Diabetes screening for Asian and Black individuals aged 35 and over, even at BMIs that are not considered overweight, would be ‘a good place to...
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Undertreated hypothyroidism may worsen hospital outcomes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Large database study finds association between suboptimal hypothyroidism treatment and longer hospital stay, higher readmission rate.
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Tirzepatide succeeds in obesity in SURMOUNT-1, says Lilly
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The once-weekly investigational twincretin drug is in phase 3 development for obesity and under regulatory review, with a decision expected soon...
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‘Profound implications’: COVID ups diabetes risk 40% a year later
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- Miriam E. Tucker
‘All these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later. If patients have a prior history...
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Mild COVID-19 infection linked to later type 2 diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Results point to the need to monitor blood glucose following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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COVID-19 doesn’t spike A1c levels
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Investigators found a statistically significant but clinically insignificant A1c increase following a positive...
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Ukrainian diabetes care, insulin access ‘severely disrupted’
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“I’m willing to see patients but it’s extremely difficult and dangerous for them and probably not possible to travel to see me.”