Diabetes

Diabetes

NIH launches large study to tackle type 2 diabetes in young people

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Oct. 14, 2024

Effort to identify risk factors for youth-onset type 2 diabetes to improve prevention and treatment.

Diabetes

Study finds new blood test could offer early detection of childhood diabetes

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Sept. 25, 2024

Diabetes

FDA clears device to enable automated insulin dosing for individuals with type 2 diabetes

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Aug. 27, 2024

Diabetes

Product Focus - Diabetes

MLO Staff

Aug. 26, 2024

Diabetes

Navigating the new normal for A1c analysis: Interpreting recently released clinical guidelines in the lab

Matthew C. Wagner PhD

April 22, 2024

Diabetes

Prevalence of type 1 diabetes among US children and adults by age, sex, race, and ethnicity

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April 17, 2024

Diabetes

Heavy alcohol use may increase type 2 diabetes risk in middle-aged adults

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April 10, 2024

Heavy alcohol use is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) as five or more drinks per day or 15 or more drinks per week for men and, for women...

Diabetes

People with diabetes who live in rural areas more likely to develop complications of the disease, UM School of Medicine study finds

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March 18, 2024

They have a significantly higher risk of end-stage kidney disease, heart failure, and heart attacks likely due to a lack of access to medical care.

Diabetes

Gastric bypass improves long-term diabetes remission, even after weight recurrence

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March 8, 2024

Study is of the first to compare Type 2 diabetes remission rates after two types of weight loss procedures in adults with obesity in the setting of weight relapse.

Diabetes

Bariatric surgery provides long-term blood glucose control, type 2 diabetes remission

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March 4, 2024

NIH-supported study shows long-term benefits of surgery compared to medication and lifestyle change.

Diabetes

Diabetes and heart failure: Understanding the role of cardiac biomarker testing

Dagmar Schumacher, PhD

Feb. 26, 2024

Laboratories may begin to see an influx of cardiac biomarker tests accompanying HbA1c testing based on updated American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines concerning heart ...

Diabetes

Weight loss intervention in people with type 2 diabetes influences cancer-associated proteins

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Feb. 2, 2024

According to Diabetes UK, over five million people in the UK live with diabetes and over 600 million people could be afflicted worldwide by 2045.

Diabetes

CMS’ coverage of HbA1c testing for diabetes screening is a good start — But we can do more

Michael J. McPhaul, MD

Jan. 29, 2024

In November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced policy changes for Medicare payments under its Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Included in these changes...