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COVID booster may transiently raise glucose levels in T1D
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“Clinicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers may need to counsel people with T1D to be more vigilant with glucose testing and insulin...
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Heart attack deaths static in those with type 1 diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“Clinicians have to be aware of the absence of the declined mortality trend in people with type 1 diabetes having a first-time myocardial...
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Diabetes patients satisfied with continuous glucose monitors
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Overall, 90% agreed that most sensors were accurate, but just 79% and 78%, respectively, were satisfied with sensor performance on the first and...
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Ketogenic diet short-term may benefit women with PCOS
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Ketogenic diets followed for 45 days to 24 weeks showed improvements in the reproductive hormone levels.
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Obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths surging
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
“There is need for dedicated health strategies aimed at individual communities to better understand and tackle the social determinants of obesity...
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Low-dose aspirin cuts type 2 diabetes risk in over-65s
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“At this time, our findings are exploratory but ignite the debate of the important role that anti-inflammatory approaches may play in preventing...
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Experts debate low-carb diets for people with diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
Although low-carbohydrate diets may be better for people with diabetes, moderate-carbohydrate diets are easier to adhere to.
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Diabetes drug class appears to reduce recurrent gout flares
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
Previously associated with a lower incidence of gout, SGLT2 inhibitors for the first time also appear to reduce gout flare recurrence and excess...
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FDA clears new capabilities for diabetes app BlueStar
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
The clearance enables the app-based platform to provide bolus insulin dose recommendations that are based on glucose and trend data from a...
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FDA approves new tubeless insulin pump
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
It offers users a choice of bolusing directly from the pump or from a handheld remote-control device.
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Type 1 diabetes management improves as technology advances
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
Automated insulin delivery systems have reduced A1c levels, but many still are not achieving numbers under 7%.
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FDA okays first-ever new drug for rare bone disorder
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
The drug reduced annualized heterotopic ossification volume by 54%.
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Cause of common gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes?
- Author:
- Miriam E. Tucker
“People with diabetes who present with gastrointestinal symptoms – such as steatorrhea or changes in stool, bloating, and/or abdominal pain –...
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A1c not linked to postop complications in kids with diabetes
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- Miriam E. Tucker
There is no guidance on the level of elevated A1c that should prompt consideration of delaying surgery.
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Just 1 in 10 with overweight/obesity lose 5% of body weight
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- Miriam E. Tucker
“These findings could, in part, be explained by barriers in availability of and access to obesity management options.”