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Lancet panel calls for urgent global action to combat diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Of the 463 million people with diabetes worldwide in 2019, 80% live in low- and middle-income countries.
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New guidelines address diabetes management in kidney disease
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes synopsis document is aimed at primary care physicians and nonnephrology specialists, as well as...
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Proposed Medicare rule would expand CGM coverage
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- Miriam E. Tucker
A new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would expand coverage to include “nontherapeutic” continuous glucose...
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Diabetes screening program in optometry offices to expand
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Success of pilot program sponsored by VSP Vision Care leads to expansion into Ohio optometry offices.
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Online tool offers diabetes device information free of industry funding
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
“Device Finder” allows for comparisons of different device combinations based on personal preferences.
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Consensus guidelines address inpatient diabetes technology
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The comprehensive document aimed at clinicians, hospitals, and researchers covers use of both continuous glucose monitors and automated insulin...
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Vertebral fractures in COVID-19 linked to mortality
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Radiologic thoracic vertebral fractures were found in one-third of COVID-19 patients who underwent lateral chest x-rays, and those patients were...
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COVID-19 antibody response not reduced with diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Findings provide “cautious optimism” that a COVID-19 vaccine would be expected to work as well in people with diabetes as those without.
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British protocol allows insulin-treated pilots to fly safely
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- Miriam E. Tucker
In a large study of commercial and private pilots with diabetes who followed strict rules, 98% of glucose levels were in target range and no pilot...
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Once-weekly insulin data published; could alter treatment
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Phase 2 data for Novo-Nordisk’s novel once-weekly basal insulin analog icodec, first presented earlier this year, are simultaneously published in...
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Type 2 diabetes drugs and their use are top of EASD agenda
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The virtual 2020 meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes will feature new data and insights on SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1...
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In Medicare, insulin costs more for patients who use pumps
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The 50% price differential is an unintended consequence of the 21st Century Cures Act exacerbated by the overall rising cost of insulin.
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Small-fiber polyneuropathy may underlie dysautonomia in ME/CFS
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Autonomic dysfunction symptoms reported by ME/CFS patients in a pilot study overlap those commonly described by patients with autoimmune-...
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FDA OKs new ‘artificial pancreas’ Medtronic 770G
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- Miriam E. Tucker
The hybrid closed-loop MiniMed 770G automated insulin delivery system uses the same technology as the current 670G with added Bluetooth...
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Weight-loss benefit in diabetes is similar via surgery or diet
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- Miriam E. Tucker
"Reducing adipose tissue volume, by whatever means, will improve blood glucose control in persons with type 2 diabetes.”