Diabetes

A telehealth intervention may successfully lead to improvements in diabetes management.

Patients taking the blood pressure medication required less insulin and demonstrated immunomodulatory benefits.

More than 45 pharmacies participate in the National Diabetes Program.

Pending FDA approval, insulin from nonprofit pharmaceutical company Civica could be available in 2024.

How can pharmacists help slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease?

PCOS prevalence in girls with type 2 diabetes was almost 20%.

Diabetes-related deaths increased by 17% in 2020 and 15% in 2021.

Two recently published studies have identified increases in T1D in children since the pandemic began.

Researchers evaluated whether early gestational diabetes screening is associated with improved perinatal outcomes.

Managing autoimmune conditions like type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus during pregnancy can present challenges for patients and physicians.

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, and Thomas C. Blevins, MD, ECNU, FACE, FNLA, review FDA-approved basal insulins for the management of diabetes.

Experts in diabetes management discuss data from key clinical trials—INSTRIDE 1, INSTRIDE 2, and INSTRIDE 3—and evaluate the use of insulin glargine-yfgn as an interchangeable product with biologics.

Thomas C. Blevins, MD, ECNU, FACE, FNLA, provides an overview of biosimilars and discusses interchangeability status among biosimilars such as for insulin glargine-yfgn for the management of diabetes.

An investigation looks into how the incidence of type 1 diabetes changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology did a prospective analysis on psoriasis biologic treatment response related to comorbid obesity and a history of diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes requires patients to have knowledge and skill to manage medication and potential complications.

Automation in closed-loop systems improves type 1 diabetes outcomes and glucose profiles in teens, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The prevalence of insulin pump use for Black beneficiaries increased from 3.9% to 4.6% between 2017 and 2019.

The addition of a pharmacist to a diabetes management team increases therapy optimization and medication access while enhancing patient care.

Prescription fills decreased most significantly in a subgroup of adults.

Lockdown orders impacted how diabetes care was provided for new onset T1D.

Drs Thomas C. Blevins and Diana Isaacs share insight on unmet needs and the future treatment landscape of biosimilars in the treatment of patients with diabetes.

Thomas C. Blevins, MD, ECNU, FACE, FNLA, leads the discussion on potential challenges to the adoption of biosimilars in clinical practice, such as for insulin glargine-yfgn in diabetes management, and discusses the importance of patient and provider education.

Thomas C. Blevins, MD, ECNU, FACE, FNLA, and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, discuss the impact of interchangeable insulin biosimilars on biologic products in the marketplace for diabetes management.

The FDA has approved finerenone (Kerendia, Bayer) for the treatment of adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes.

Learn more about controlling pediatric type 1 diabetes through pharmacist recommendations and families who address common misconceptions.

The CDC estimates that 83 million Americans have prediabetes and that 84% of them don’t know it and community pharmacy can play a major role in preventing diabetes.

Although the authors say their findings shed light on possible disruptions to insulin supply during COVID-19, they note they could not adjust for those with diabetes who died.

Five medications are currently approved by the FDA for chronic weight management.

The FDA has granted approval of the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, insulin glargine-yfgn (Semglee; Mylan Pharmaceuticals), for diabetes.