Diabetes

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Although any amount of exercise is beneficial, exceeding the recommended level produces the most benefits for diabetes patients.

One of the most enduring lessons from my training in the care of geriatric patients is the following maxim: “Treat every new symptom like a (possible) drug adverse effect until proven otherwise.”

Inhibiting a specific protein can increase fat breakdown and prevent insulin resistance.

More than 86 million Americans over the age of 20 have prediabetes, 29 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes, and another 8.1 million Americans are living with undiagnosed diabetes.

Patients with type 2 diabetes eventually need insulin therapy as their disease progresses. The American Diabetes Association recommends basal-only therapy initially, with the addition of bolus meal-time insulin as needed. However, recent research supports starting patients on combined basal-bolus regimens to control blood sugar regardless of added hypoglycemia risk.

By 2025, 268 million children worldwide may be overweight.

Clinicians rely on a limited number of drugs to help patients with type 2 diabetes.

For decades, clinicians relied on a limited number of drugs, including sulfonylureas and metformin, to help patients with type 2 diabetes. However, in the past 20 years, an increasing number of glucose-lowering drugs for diabetes treatment have become available.

Heart failure patients are much more likely to have diabetes than the general population.

The incidence of heart failure is increasing as the world's population ages and the rates of other, often comorbid, diseases (eg, diabetes, heart disease, obesity) increase.

This study explores the impact of a Medicare Part D formulary tier change, specifically with respect to branded insulin products, on insulin adherence, hemoglobin A1C, and diabetes-related events in elderly diabetic beneficiaries strategies for selection of appropriate and cost-effective therapy will also be discussed.

The number of individuals living with diabetes worldwide significantly increased between 1980 and 2014.

Patients with T2D who get the flu shot may have a reduced risk for hospitalization related to cardiovascular or respiratory issues.

All evidence points to metformin as the first-line oral diabetes treatment for patients with T2D, but research indicates that clinicians often fail to prescribe it when indicated.

T cell subset may play a crucial role in the development of diabetes.

Insulin therapy must be individualized and balanced with meal planning and exercise.

Insulin therapy must be individualized and balanced with meal planning and exercise.

With a diagnosis of diabetes comes suggested dietary changes and new medications, which, in addition to the array of available diabetes devices, can make patients feel overwhelmed.

Formerly known as juvenile-onset diabetes, type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an endocrine disorder characterized by hyperglycemia due to insulin deficiency.

Practice guidelines include incretin-based therapies as alternative monotherapy agents when metformin is contraindicated or as a component of combination therapy.

Which OTC products should these pharmacists recommend?

Study finds clinicians prescribe metformin less often than they should.

Current guidelines for type 2 diabetes management recommend metformin as the first-line medication.