Diabetes & Endocrinology News

• Daily Aspirin Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure New data from a follow-up of more than 30,000 participants without heart failure at enrollment suggests that daily use of aspirin is associated with new onset heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• No Serious CV Risks for Elderly After Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine A French study adds to other evidence that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine does not increase the risk for serious cardiovascular adverse events in elderly individuals.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Did Prior Authorization Refusals Lead to This Patient's Death? Physicians are being forced to delay or deny patient treatments while fighting for authorization from insurers. This delay could endanger patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• At What Price Will Newer Anti-Diabetes Drugs Be Cost Effective? In low- to middle-income countries, SGLT2 inhibitors could reduce diabetes complications at lower but feasible prices; they are cost effective at current prices in people with heart or kidney disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• AHA 2021 Obicetrapib: CETP Inhibitor Impresses in LDL Lowering A new lipid-lowering agent in a class that had been written off by many is being developed by a group of academic experts, with new data showing large LDL reductions on top of high-intensity statins.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Does Vitamin D Benefit Only Those Who Are Deficient? A large Mendelian randomization analysis has shown that, among those with vitamin D deficiency, there is an association between 25(OH)D levels and all-cause mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• AHA 2021 Sacubitril/Valsartan May Alter Trajectory of Preclinical HFpEF The combination was linked to greater changes in left atrial volume index on MRI than valsartan alone in the setting of reduced filling pressures in a phase 2 study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• AHA 2021 Daily Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Encouraging in Phase 1 Trials What if the cholesterol-crushing efficacy of current PCSK9 inhibitors came in a pill instead of a syringe? That's one possibility for a Merck agent in the earliest stages of human trials.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Anatomical Cookie Cutters Sweeten Medical Coffee Breaks Looking for a fun holiday treat for your team? Anatomically accurate cookie cutters might bring out smiles when you all gather for a coffee break or a holiday party.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Chronic Marijuana Use May Impair Donor Islet Cells Donor islet cells from chronic marijuana users were not as effective in reversing diabetes in vitro and in mice as islet cells from non-marijuana users, suggesting that transplanted cells from users may not function optimally, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 22, 2021
• Weight Loss Surgery 'Best Treatment' for Fatty Liver Disease Bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk of major adverse liver and cardiovascular events in recipients, compared with nonsurgical counterparts, among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Obesity Rates Soar in Early Adulthood in the US Interventions during ages 18-25 seen as key to shift unhealthy trajectory.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• AHA 2021 ACEI, ARBs in COVID-19: Be Aware of Acute Kidney Injury The largest randomized dataset yet of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in COVID-19 shows reassuring results, but with a potential new link to kidney injury in hospitalized patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2021
• 5 Things: What the Pandemic Has Made Me Most Thankful For As the year draws to a close, family medicine physician Sophia Tolliver reflects on what she's most grateful for.
  Medscape, November 22, 2021
• Breast Cancer History Promotes Vertebral Fracture Risk Vertebral fractures were more often cancer-related in women with initial stage III or IV breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2021
• Care Disrupted in Young Adults With Diabetes During COVID-19 Those aged 18-29 reported more disruptions in diabetes care during the pandemic and were less likely than older adults to say they planned to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a US survey shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Vosoritide for Children With Achondroplasia Injection improves growth in children aged 5 years and older with the most common form of dwarfism.
  FDA Approvals, November 22, 2021
• Documentary Asks How Body-Size Bias Affects Obesity Research Framing evidence of positive health associations with obesity as 'paradoxical' can limit pathways to new research, a short new film suggests.
  Quick Take, November 19, 2021
• During Pandemic, Malpractice Cases Drop Slightly: Survey COVID-19 seems to have had some effect on the number of lawsuits and how long it takes to get through one, but for the most part, not much has changed, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• Life-Threatening Glucose Swings Common in Dialysis Patients Hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic crises are alarmingly common in patients with diabetes and end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis, and prevention strategies are needed, say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021