Diabetes

The tools that can be used to reduce health disparities exist, but they must be widely disseminated to populations across the US.

Increased incidence of typed 2 diabetes was associated with higher consumption of processed meat, unprocessed red meat, and poultry.

A detailed report of study findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at ObesityWeek 2024.

Timothy Mackey, MAS, PhD, discusses a study that sought to determine the risk of sourcing semaglutide from online platforms.

Timothy Mackey, MAS, PhD, discusses the dangers associated with sourcing GLP-1s from illegal online pharmacies and the key role pharmacists play in warning patients.

A collaboration with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina focused on commercial populations has improved care and lowered costs in the state.

Both the restructuring of direct and indirect remuneration fees and health care cyber attacks made an impact on the industry in the first half of 2024.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, GLP-1 therapies are expected to continue making headlines within the industry.

To scale up diabetes intervention programs, sustainable workflows, trainings, and payment models are key.

Pharmacists need support—through partnerships and reimbursement—to provide more diverse services to patients.

A study found that CT scans of visceral fat had the highest predictive performance of incident diabetes.

Health care professionals all agree that a healthy diet is the foundation of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health, but follow-through on the population level is lacking.

These therapies are highly beneficial, but can come with a host of gastrointestinal adverse effects that patients may not be prepared to manage alone.

Some patients may have difficulty managing the gastrointestinal adverse effects associated with GLP-1 therapies.

Losing even 5% of body weight can improve comorbid conditions and other health complications for individuals with overweight and obesity.

Catch up on important diabetes news from the month of July.

From 2021 to 2022, the prevalence of adults with diabetes who used cannabis increased by 33.7%.

Patients with childhood type 1 diabetes were more likely to develop substance use disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and behavioral syndromes.

Had Novo Nordisk’s insulin icodec secured FDA approval, it would have been the first and only once-weekly basal insulin option for adults with diabetes.

Previously, data from head-to-head trials of tirzepatide and semaglutide were not available.

When used together, sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) were able to lower the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and kidney disease by 11% and 33%, respectively.

Six abstracts presented at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions explored how different interventions or factors can impact type 2 diabetes (T2D) management.

Individuals who ate diets that aligned closer to DASH and Mediterranean guidelines had lower levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and homocysteine biomarkers.

Three posters presented at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions examined GLP-1 use and cardiovascular disease risk in several different patient populations.

Three posters presented at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions looked into the current landscape of GLP-1s.