Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 News

• Lactation Laws Seen Worsening Breastfeeding Disparities How do you get health professionals, lawmakers, lactation providers, and the community on the same page, especially when it comes to addressing disparities in breastfeeding? It depends on who you ask.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2022
• SGLT2 Inhibitors May Cut Repeat Syncope in Type 2 Diabetes A prospective, multicenter study suggests that sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors improve cardiac autonomic dysfunction and reduce vaso-vagal syncope in patients with type 2 diabetes and prior syncope.
  First Look, February 16, 2022
• PCOS Common in Adolescent Girls With Type 2 Diabetes Polycystic ovary syndrome is common in girls with type 2 diabetes, according to the authors of a new study, who say screening for PCOS is critical in this group.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2022
• US Underuse of GLP-1RA, SGLT-2i in Type 2 Diabetes Persists A large, US study found that just 1 in 8 patients with type 2 diabetes received first-line medications for comorbid atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and diabetic nephropathy.
  First Look, February 15, 2022
• FDA Okays 6-Month Implanted Eversense CGM for Diabetes Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Senseonics Eversense E3 System is expected to be available in the US in the second quarter of 2022 for use in adults with diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2022
• Bill Seeks to Limit Out-of-Pocket Spending on Insulin The Massachusetts bill would eliminate deductibles and coinsurance and permanently cap co-pays at $25 for a 30-day supply of insulin.
  Associated Press, February 11, 2022
• Update on Advice for Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes A new consensus statement from the American College of Sports Medicine recommends that all individuals with type 2 diabetes should engage in regular physical activity and reduce sedentary time.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2022
• SMFM 2022 Benefits Limited for Early Gestational Diabetes Screening Screening pregnant women with obesity for gestational diabetes before 20 weeks of pregnancy did not lead to improved maternal or neonatal outcomes compared with routine screening between 24 and 28 weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2022
• Do Latest SURPASS Findings With Twincretin in Diabetes Impress? SURPASS-5 is latest published trial of a novel investigational once-weekly twincretin drug; editorialist says it leaves a number of unanswered questions about how best to use tirzepatide, if approved.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2022
• Heavy Cannabis Use Tied to Less Diabetes in Women Women, but not men, who used marijuana at least four times in the previous month were less likely to have type 2 diabetes than nonusers, found a observational US study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2022
• New Conditions Rise Sharply After COVID-19 Hospitalization Type 2 diabetes onset, shortness of breath, and fatigue were more common in COVID-19 survivors, especially those with severe illness.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2022
• Eating Dinner Late Ups Diabetes Risk; Melatonin Involved 'Try not to eat within 2 hours of bedtime,' is the message from a new study that found late eating acutely impairs glucose tolerance through a defect in insulin secretion.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2022
• SGLT2 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Lowers Risk of Gout A retrospective, adjusted analysis of people in China with type 2 diabetes significantly linked SGLT2 inhibitor use with a lower risk of gout compared with those receiving a DPP4 inhibitor.
  First Look, February 08, 2022
• Diabetes, A1c, Hypertension Link With Arterial Stiffness Data from an observational, cross-sectional, Brazilian study show that increased arterial stiffness was significantly associated with the presence of diabetes, hypertension, and elevated A1c.
  First Look, February 07, 2022
• Is There a Cure for Aging? Why some researchers are hopeful about human immortality.
  WebMD Health News, February 04, 2022
• Novo Rejects US Insulin Price Hikes Report, Has 'Nothing to Hide' Novo Nordisk on Wednesday rejected allegations by a US congressional investigative committee that it has engaged in manoeuvres to increase net prices on life-saving insulin in tandem with competitors on the US market.
  Reuters Health Information, February 02, 2022
• Anxiety in Men Tied to Risk Factors for CVD, Diabetes Worry and neuroticism, both aspects of anxiety, when seen in midlife are associated with differences in risk for heart disease and diabetes that continue into older age.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2022
• The Battle of Egos Behind the Life-Saving Discovery of Insulin A life-saving treatment for millions over the past 100 years, the story behind insulin's discovery and use is less well-known, and includes tussles among scientists and a battle for the Nobel Prize.
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2022
• 'Lucky Genes' May Protect Against Some Obesity-Related Diseases Some people with obesity 'are luckier and have genes that mean higher fat under the skin but lower liver fat and a lower risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes,' says author of genetic study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2022
• US Diabetes Deaths Top 100,000 for Second Straight Year More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobilization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
  Reuters Health Information, January 31, 2022