Donald Sutherland Dies; Can Viagra Benefit Women? Insulin Supply Affected by Wegovy Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 21, 2024
Type 1 Diabetes in Older People Has Nearly Tripled Globally Since the '90s But the increase marks good news for survival, study suggests Jun 13, 2024
FDA Advisors Not Convinced Once-Weekly Insulin Is Safe in Type 1 Diabetes Risk of severe hypoglycemia was too much for panel members to overcome May 24, 2024
Will FDA Advisors Look Past Hypoglycemia Risk With Once-Weekly Insulin? Hypoglycemia was only a concern in patients with type 1 diabetes May 22, 2024
Which Patients With Diabetes and Ketoacidosis Face Higher Death Risk? Disparities in outcomes, healthcare use for type 2 versus type 1 disease May 12, 2024
FDA Warns on Insulin Pump Problem Mobile app glitch may cause t:slim X2 insulin pump battery to drain sooner than expected May 08, 2024
'Evil Personified': Nurse Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Patients With Insulin 17 patients under the care of Heather Pressdee died following excessive doses May 03, 2024
Specialty Care Access Not Equal Among Teens With Diabetes Claims for specialists significantly lower for youth with type 2 versus type 1 diabetes Apr 05, 2024
Out-of-Pocket Insulin Caps Boost Savings -- But Not Insulin Use Proposed national $35 insulin cap would help some patients, researchers say Mar 25, 2024
Glucose Changes in Type 1 Diabetes May Affect Thinking Speed Some T1D patients showed very different responses to the same glucose level Mar 19, 2024
Is SGLT2 Inhibitor-Associated Ketoacidosis Treated With Enough Insulin? Study suggests these patients receive significantly lower doses vs those with T1D ketoacidosis Mar 18, 2024
Use of CGM Linked to Lower Risk of Retinopathy in Type 1 Diabetes Use of CGM devices, either solo or with insulin pumps, tied to lower odds of the complication Mar 08, 2024
FDA: Don't Use Smartwatches, Smart Rings for Blood Glucose Measurements Noninvasive devices that don't pierce the skin can give inaccurate measurements Feb 22, 2024
Can the Eye Reveal Cardiac and Lung Disease -- Plus Much More? Researchers link thinner retinal layers to higher risk of multiple diseases Jan 26, 2024
Breast Cancer Drug Repurposed for Infant With Congenital Hyperinsulinism Daily treatment substantially reduced hypoglycemia over 13 weeks Jan 24, 2024
JAK Inhibitor Preserves Beta-Cell Function in Early Type 1 Diabetes Daily baricitinib pill was also safe and well-tolerated Dec 06, 2023
Brolucizumab Noninferior to Aflibercept for Diabetic Macular Edema At a non-approved dose, the anti-VEGF drug had similar outcomes as rival Nov 17, 2023
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
Diabetic Eye Screening: Reducing Frequency May Raise Retinal Risks Switching from annual to biennial exams would delay diabetic retinopathy diagnoses, study shows Oct 27, 2023
Antibody Slows Beta-Cell Loss Early in Type 1 Diabetes PROTECT trial may expand the biologic's use into a larger pool of recently diagnosed patients Oct 18, 2023
Faster-Acting Insulin Aspart Safe for Pregnant Women With Diabetes The faster formulation led to fewer hypoglycemia events versus conventional insulin aspart Oct 06, 2023
Hybrid Closed-Loop Insulin System for T1D Safe, Effective During Pregnancy However, no FDA-approved systems have a pregnancy indication yet Oct 05, 2023
Keto for Kids With Diabetes Carries Risk, AAP Warns American Academy of Pediatrics outlines policy for low-, very low-carbohydrate diets Sep 18, 2023
Low-Dose Semaglutide Can Ease Insulin Need in Early T1D, Small Series Shows All 10 patients were able to eliminate prandial insulin use within 3 months Sep 06, 2023
COVID Cleared of Increasing Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids? Prospective data contradict associations seen in prior studies during the pandemic Aug 02, 2023
Should People Without Diabetes Use Glucose Monitors? Trend boosted by health buffs on social media, but benefit for healthy adults is unclear Aug 01, 2023
First Cellular Therapy Approved for Type 1 Diabetes Infusion made from deceased donor pancreatic islet cells Jun 29, 2023
Two T1D Patients Achieve Insulin Independence After Stem Cell Transplants These were patients with "really debilitating diabetes," says investigator Jun 27, 2023
Wide Variation in CGM Settings for Kids With Diabetes Signals Education Gaps Researcher warns of "alarm fatigue" if thresholds aren't optimized to patient Jun 20, 2023
Type 2 Diabetes Cases in Kids Still Rising After 'Return to Normal' Once they returned to school, we thought things would normalize, researcher says Jun 20, 2023
Study Suggests Increase in Brain Aging in Those With Type 1 Diabetes But this didn't seem to translate into Alzheimer's disease-related neurodegeneration Jun 01, 2023
FDA Clears iLet Bionic Pancreas System for Type 1 Diabetes System does away with need for carb counting May 19, 2023
Topical Esmolol Gel Helped Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Significantly better than standard of care at 12 and 24 weeks May 15, 2023
Senators Call Out PBMs, Drugmakers for High Prescription Drug Costs This "is a moral issue," Sen. Bernie Sanders said during the hearing May 11, 2023
Adding This New Criteria Drastically Cut 72-Hour Insulinoma Fast Time Beta-hydroxybutyrate-based stopping point reduced burden on patients May 08, 2023
Vascular Complications Big Contributor to Diabetes Deaths Diabetic nephropathy was most common of the fatal complications, study showed May 05, 2023
FDA Finally OKs Latest MiniMed System for Type 1 Diabetes 780G system first to feature meal detection technology Apr 24, 2023
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn't the Only Player Driving Prices Casting a light on profiteering methods of price mediators Mar 12, 2023
Calcium Channel Blocker Preserves Some Beta Cell Function in Early T1D But intensive glucose control didn't preserve pancreatic C-peptide secretion Feb 24, 2023
Make the Diagnosis: Why Are These Lumps Here? A 33-year-old woman went to the doctor after noticing painful lumps on her legs that had developed over the past few days, some of which had begun to drain pus. Can you diagnose the patient? Feb 23, 2023