Type 2 Diabetes Center of Excellence: News and Perspective

• WHO Advises Against Nonsugar Sweeteners for Weight Control Replacing free sugars with nonsugar sweeteners does not help with weight control in the long-term, according to the World Health Organization.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2023
• Tirzepatide's Benefits Go Beyond GLP-1 Agonist Effects Tirzepatide's agonist effect on GIP receptors of isolated pancreatic islet cells appears responsible for a good portion of the drug's effects beyond its GLP-1 receptor agonism.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2023
• Muscle Fat: A New Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline? Increased muscle fat may be a novel risk factor for cognitive decline in older adults, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• Low-Carb Breakfast Key to Lower Glucose Variability in T2D? Advice to consume a low carbohydrate breakfast could be a simple, feasible, and effective way to manage postprandial hyperglycemia and lower glycemic variability in people living with type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• Semaglutide Bests Liraglutide for Post-Surgery Weight Regain Once-weekly semaglutide produced over twice the weight loss as did daily liraglutide for people who regained weight after metabolic/bariatric surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• Diabetes, Fatty Liver Disease, Ultraprocessed Foods Linked Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease has become the most common cause of chronic liver disease. It is estimated that cases will increase by 56% over the next 10 years.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• HFA-ESC 2023 EHR Nudges a Bust for Boosting GDMT in Acute HF: PROMPT-AHF An electronic alert system didn't get physicians to prescribe more guideline-directed meds at discharge for their patients hospitalized with acute HF in a randomized trial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• HFA-ESC 2023 Dapagliflozin Matches Non-Loop Diuretic for AHF Congestion The SGLT2 inhibitor didn't relieve congestion more effectively than a 'thiazide-like' diuretic when added to furosemide in loop-diuretic–resistant patients with acute heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2023
• MDs With Chronic Illness Live in a Different Medical World Physicians with chronic illnesses face unique professional challenges, including resistance from other physicians when they seek treatment. But they also have a much richer understanding of their own patients.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Journey Begins   Vanderbilt University experts discuss treatment of type 2 diabetes in young adults, examining use of new agents and devices, challenges of adherence, and risks of longer duration of disease exposure.
  Medscape TV, June 01, 2023
• FDA Warns People to Avoid Compounded Semaglutide Medicines The federal agency warned on Tuesday that it has received reports of people experiencing "adverse events" after using compounded versions of the drugs.
  WebMD Health News, June 01, 2023
• S2 Episode 6: What's Next? Emerging Trends in Type 2 Diabetes Management   Join Drs Carol Wysham and Silvio Inzucchi as they discuss how type 2 diabetes management has evolved over the years, and the most promising developments on the horizon.
  Medscape, June 01, 2023
• Troponin to ID Diabetes Patients With Silent Heart Disease? US adults with type 2 diabetes and asymptomatic for cardiovascular disease had twice the prevalence of an elevated level of cardiac troponin T compared with those without diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves New Drug, Sotagliflozin, for Heart Failure Sotagliflozin, a novel inhibitor of both SGLT 1 and 2, enters the US market with indications for preventing CV events, especially heart failure hospitalization and acute exacerbations.
  FDA Approvals, May 26, 2023
• Diabetes, Cholesterol Meds Use Drops After Bariatric Surgery Use of lipid and diabetes medications are lower 15 years after bariatric surgery, compared with patients with obesity who didn't undergo such surgery, in a large population-based study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• 11 More Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2023   Dr David Johnson offers yet more practice-changing observations from this year's meeting, which featured an abundance of data on novel treatments and new revelations about established interventions.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 25, 2023
• Does Ozempic Cause Hair Loss? Dermatologists and endocrinologists consider claims that new weight loss medications cause hair loss. They opine that hair loss is unlikely and is actually more common with bariatric surgery.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 25, 2023
• Younger Age of Type 2 Diabetes Onset Linked to Dementia Risk Data also suggest that increased risk for dementia among people with prediabetes is limited to those who subsequently develop type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• CKD Screening in All Adults Found Cost-Effective The new evidence follows the release earlier this year of a draft research plan to reassess the potential role for such screening in asymptomatic adults in the United States.
  MDedge News, May 24, 2023
• The Weird World of Hydrogels: How They'll Change Healthcare It's a liquid, it's a solid – no, it's hydrogel! And it's poised to transform everything from dentistry to brain implants.
  WebMD Health News, May 24, 2023