Ambulance crews may be able to reduce the likelihood for repeat callouts to people with severe hypoglycemia by offering them advice and a leaflet on avoiding a second episode, a study suggests.
People with symptoms indicative of diabetic polyneuropathy near the time of type 2 diabetes diagnosis have a “markedly higher” risk for subsequent cardiovascular disease than those without, researchers report.
Genetic ancestry and socioeconomic deprivation are both significantly associated with type 2 diabetes risk, and may interact to modify that risk, study findings indicate.
Researchers have created and validated a cardiovascular disease risk tool that substantially improves risk prediction in people with type 1 diabetes and indicates that statins may not always be needed in younger members of this group.
Among people with type 2 diabetes, those with hypoglycemic events, microvascular complications, or high or unstable glycated hemoglobin levels might have an increased risk for dementia, researchers report.
Higher daily glucose variability is associated with greater aortic stiffness irrespective of average glucose levels, indicate findings from The Maastricht Study.
The small proportion of people who experience an eGFR fall of more than 30% on starting an SGLT2 inhibitor may be at increased risk for adverse outcomes, research suggests.
NHANES data indicate that glycemic and blood pressure control in people with diabetes in the USA has deteriorated over recent years, and lipid control has plateaued.
Implementation of widespread screening for diabetes “radically” alters the cardiovascular risk profile of people with newly detected diabetes, rendering existing cardiovascular risk prediction tools inaccurate, say researchers.
Gaining greater control of blood glucose and hypoglycemia awareness is associated with a reduction in diabetes distress among people who start using the FreeStyle Libre, researchers report.
Around a third of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes report some form of sexual dysfunction, with diabetes distress an underlying factor for both men and women, research shows.
A closed-loop system with an artificial intelligence component that rapidly detects when the user is eating a meal may offer a route towards fully closed-loop insulin delivery, shows a small crossover trial in adolescents and young adults.
A consensus statement covering the practical, ethical, and legal aspects of the use of open-source closed-loop insulin delivery algorithms is soon to be published, the authors reported at the virtual ATTD 2021 conference.
Completing a brief, adaptive questionnaire prior to each consultation with healthcare providers can focus discussions toward the immediate priorities and concerns of people with diabetes, shows a feasibility study.
Two studies, including a long-term DCCT analysis, highlight the importance of severe hypoglycemia in the risk for people with type 1 diabetes developing dementia.
The results of two studies published in JAMA indicate that real-time continuous glucose monitoring benefits people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes on a range of insulin regimens and from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Switching from intermittently scanned to real-time continuous glucose monitoring improves time in range by a clinically relevant percentage, show the findings of the 6-month ALERTT1 trial.
Insulin resistance has a causal effect on hyperuricemia and subsequently gout, but hyperuricemia does not impact insulin resistance, suggests an analysis of genome-wide association data.
The risk for subclinical atherosclerosis among people at low risk for cardiovascular death increases with increasing glycated hemoglobin levels and is raised even at levels below the prediabetes threshold, research shows.