Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Keeping blood pressure in check could save lives among Asian adults with type 2 diabetes, suggests a sizable new study of more than 80,000 patients in…
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Is high urinary albumin linked to sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Advances in non-invasive imaging have allowed clinicians to assess both the structure and function of coronary arteries. Investigators who recently used positron emission tomography and computed…
Red meat consumption associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat…
Evidence on higher rates of diabetes unclear in trans people, but data on higher rates of heart disease are clear
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest data on the metabolic problems faced by trans people are presented at a session at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for…
Study suggests threshold for type 2 diabetes diagnosis in women under 50 years should be lowered
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2–6 October) and published in the…
Tirzepatide more effective in blood sugar control and body weight loss than semaglutide, shows meta-analysis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new meta-analysis combining 22 studies, to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany…
Newer diabetes treatments are understudied in Black populations and may be less beneficial
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research analyzing the effects of two drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes indicates a consistent lack of cardiovascular and renal benefits in Black populations.…
Islet transplantation boosts long-term survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo kidney transplantation, a new study…
