Diabetes

Food is medicine is a framework of policy and behavioral interventions, improving population health through access to healthy foods to increase food and nutrition security.

W. Timothy Garvey expressed concern over limited access to effective obesity medications like Ozempic due to shortages and high costs, urging stakeholders to work together on developing solutions.

Potential concerns surrounding GLP-include pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, suicide and other phycological effects, and thyroid cancer.

Jennifer Goldman discusses the importance of collaborative care between providers like endocrinologists, cardiologists, primary care physicians, and pharmacists to manage diabetes and prevent cardiovascular events.

There are approximately 98 million individuals have prediabetes, but approximately only 15 million actually know they have prediabetes.

Managing these treatments involves many considerations, including glycemic control and nutrition, among others.

Presenters at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions analyzed potential developments in treatment for patients with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.

With improved technology and innovations for diabetes, it is essential for health care providers and health agencies to collaborate to combat rising rates of diabetes.

American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions speaker Ivan de Araujo emphasizes the importance of the pharmacist’s role in diabetes care and his hopes for the future of care.

Pharmacy Times will be at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 84th Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida from June 21 to June 24, 2024.

Impaired glucose tolerance is a significant risk factor for developing diabetes.

The indication is for the improvement of glycemic control in pediatric patients aged 10 and older with type 2 diabetes and comes after positive results from the phase 3 T2NOW clinical trial.

Continuous glucose monitoring systems offer timely biofeedback for patients with type 2 diabetes.

To qualify for therapy, patients must be screened for type 1 diabetes islet autoantibodies when they are asymptomatic, which requires better education on screening opportunities.

Body mass index is the main driver of type 2 diabetes globally, accounting for 52.2% of disability-adjusted life years.

Topline results of QWINT-2 and QWINT-4 met the primary end point of change in hemoglobin A1c compared to degludec and glargine, respectively, for those with type 2 diabetes.

The role of semaglutide as a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonist could offer further treatment options to improve patient outcomes.

Data have shown the potential for the therapy to treat several new conditions.

Aligning community pharmacy interventions with top-down findings, payers’ population health priorities, and identified unmet needs can help develop a sustainable pathway.

The oral medication activates an “anti-hunger” molecule which may prevent people from overeating.

According to the results, approximately 82% of adults said they have heard at least a little about GLP-1 medications and 32% said they have heard a lot.

In diabetic rats, investigators found a decrease in urine biomarkers and expression of proteins that play a part in renin-angiotensin system (RAS).

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have spoken out against the use of their GLP-1 medications for cosmetic weight loss, emphasizing the proper use of their medications.

Conversations and counseling points should be tailored to patients’ individual needs and treatment goals

Optical glucose sensing techniques have been reported, but they require complex optical instrumentations found in laboratories, so feasibility for patient use has been challenging.