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Statins again linked to lower COVID-19 mortality
July 21, 2021
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 who had been taking statins had a substantially lower risk of death and severe outcomes than those who weren’t in a large observational study.
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Unmanaged diabetes, high blood glucose tied to COVID-19 severity
June 26, 2021
Findings suggest in part that hospitalized COVID-19 patients need aggressive treatment of hyperglycemia, regardless of the diagnosis of diabetes or A1c value.
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Sotagliflozin use in T2D patients linked with posthospitalization benefits in analysis
June 23, 2021
The paper’s outcome measure may be a meaningful, patient-centered way of capturing disease burden, according to the authors.
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More obese, diabetic, chronically ill kids hospitalized with COVID-19
June 16, 2021
Children with diabetes, obesity, and cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and to be severely ill while hospitalized, a new study finds.
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Sotagliflozin’s HFpEF benefit confirmed by new analyses
May 24, 2021
A meta-analysis of two pivotal trials for the SGLT1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin prospectively documents a HFpEF benefit.
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FIDELIO-DKD: Finerenone cuts new-onset AFib in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD
May 18, 2021
A prespecified, exploratory analysis from the FIDELIO-DKD trial showed that the nonsteroidal MRA finerenone significantly cut new-onset AFib.
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Dapagliflozin misses as treatment for COVID-19 but leaves intriguing signal for benefit
May 18, 2021
The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin was not associated with significant benefit in COVID-19 patients but came close.
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In-hospital glucose management program gives dramatic savings
May 10, 2021
“I’ve been advocating for endocrine hospitalists to be deployed nationally,” said Dr. Misha Zilbermint.
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Weight-related COVID-19 severity starts in normal BMI range, especially in young
May 4, 2021
Increases in BMI, beginning in normal ranges, show a linear link to severe COVID-19 outcomes, independent of obesity-related diseases in younger and Black patients.
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Most kids with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 in U.S. fared well
May 3, 2021
Most children who were hospitalized had diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and high A1c levels.
