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ADA 2021 standards address financial hardship in diabetes
In the year of COVID-19, new ADA standards include assessment of socioeconomic challenges, individualization of type 2 diabetes treatment, and...
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Prioritize COVID-19 vaccination in both types of diabetes, say docs
The study is the first to prospectively evaluate COVID-19 severity factors and death in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes separately.
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Noninvasive, low-cost CGM for type 2 diabetes coming in U.S. and EU
Neumara Medical’s SugarBEAT device plus digital coaching aims to reverse, or at least better manage, type 2 diabetes and should be available soon...
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Blood glucose on admission predicts COVID-19 severity in all
Those with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than were those with normal readings.
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Golimumab preserves insulin production in type 1 diabetes
For newly diagnosed patients, injections of the monoclonal antibody every 2 weeks preserved C-peptide levels and reduced required insulin doses at...
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‘Smart’ insulin pen with CGM first to launch in emerging field
InPen with Real-Time Guardian Connect CGM Data brings together Medtronic’s technologies as the “smart pen” landscape expands for patients with...
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Osteoporosis drugs don’t worsen COVID-19 risk, may help
“What we observed is that there is no harm. Treatments should be continued.”
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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.