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Lancet panel calls for urgent global action to combat diabetes
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
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
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
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
“Device Finder” allows for comparisons of different device combinations based on personal preferences.
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Consensus guidelines address inpatient diabetes technology
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Reducing adipose tissue volume, by whatever means, will improve blood glucose control in persons with type 2 diabetes.”