Articles Tagged With: diabetes
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Remote and Live Group Lifestyle Interventions Work for Diabetes Management
Researchers found that both in-person and phone group lifestyle interventions can lead to weight loss among patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Researchers Study Link Between Diabetes and COVID-19 Deaths
Obesity and diabetes are important risk factors for severity of COVID-19, according to the results of a new study. The research also revealed that patients with diabetes and coronavirus infections need continuous glucose monitoring and insulin to better manage both their chronic illness and their infection.
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Special Report from the 2020 International Stroke Conference, Los Angeles
These reviews of studies presented at the 2020 International Stroke Conference were written by Neurology Alert's editor after personal attendance at the presentations, followed by review of the simultaneous publications in Stroke. All comments and opinions are solely those of the editor.
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Diabetes in Pediatric ED Patients
Emergency medicine providers commonly will encounter children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately, the incidence of both is increasing, and the acute care provider must be able to recognize the subtle and dramatic presentations of both diseases. Early recognition and management of both the disease and its complications — diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state, and cerebral edema — are critical to ensure an optimal outcome.
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Dapagliflozin Treatment Improves Life Quality for Systolic Heart Failure Patients
Treatment with dapagliflozin for 12 weeks resulted in improved health status, either a reduction in NT-proBNP or improvement in quality of life measures, in systolic heart failure patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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The Health Effects of Magnesium: Part 2
Prospective outcomes studies are demonstrating that individuals are not meeting their daily magnesium intake needs and this may be contributing to a number of chronic health conditions including diabetes, hypertension, short sleep, and some pain conditions.
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Dapagliflozin Treatment Improves Life Quality for Systolic Heart Failure Patients
Treatment with dapagliflozin for 12 weeks resulted in improved health status, either a reduction in NT-proBNP or improvement in quality of life measures, in systolic heart failure patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Semaglutide Tablets (Rybelsus)
Semaglutide is indicated as adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease
Lifestyle is a critical determinant of the common risk factors for cardiovascular disease (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and smoking) that have been well-known to predict disease outcomes. Lifestyle medicine can be used in conjunction with traditional medications to provide the best care to patients. Clinicians need to act now to prevent being overwhelmed with the eventual increase in coronary artery disease following the obesity/diabetes epidemic.
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Why Insulin? Addressing Social and Psychological Barriers
Providers and patients can be confused by the increasing number of available insulin products.