UKPDS and DCCT Legacy Effects: Importance of Early Treatment of Hyperglycemia Dr Shailesh Dixit1 Feb 2023 12:29 PM ISTPeople with diabetes benefit from better target glycemic control in the early years following diagnosis and can prevent threatening vascular...
Mini-dose glucagon may prevent exercise-associated hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes Dr Kartikeya Kohli27 Jan 2023 11:00 AM ISTCanada: Mini-dose glucagon with or without a 50% reduction in CSII (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion) basal delivery rate may decrease...
Intermittent fasting improves blood sugar control, causes weight loss in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients Medha Baranwal23 Jan 2023 11:15 AM ISTAustria: Results from the Interfast-2 trial have shown intermittent fasting to be a safe and feasible dietary option to improve blood sugar control...
More favorable modifiable factors score promotes return of blood sugar status from prediabetes to normoglycemia Medha Baranwal16 Jan 2023 10:30 AM ISTSouth Korea: In individuals with prediabetes, more favorable modifiable factors are linked with a higher chance of returning to normoglycemia (normal...
Sulfonylureas and beta-blockers, when used together may raise risk of severe hypoglycemia Medha Baranwal13 Jan 2023 8:00 PM ISTCanada: When used in combination with sulfonylureas, Beta-blockers could further raise the risk of severe hypoglycemia in patients with type 2...
Elevated levels of Lipoprotein (a) levels may be used as tool to monitor Diabetic Kidney disease Dr.Niharika Harsha B11 Jan 2023 10:00 AM ISTPeople's Republic of China: Researchers from China found that elevated levels of lipoprotein (a) can be used as a tool to monitor Diabetic Kidney...
Blood sugar control may slow biological ageing in diabetes patients Dr Kartikeya Kohli9 Jan 2023 12:00 PM ISTUSA: Diabetes is recognized as an important cause of premature death and disability. In the past three decades the age-standardized prevalence of...
Use of SGLT2 inhibitors tied to lower dementia risk in older people with type 2 diabetes: Study Medha Baranwal3 Jan 2023 11:45 AM ISTCanada: The new use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors compared with dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors confers 20% lower...
Universal screening most reliable method of diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus Dr Nirali Kapoor3 Jan 2023 9:30 AM ISTThe glucose tolerance test, also known as the oral glucose tolerance test, measures body's response to sugar (glucose). The glucose tolerance test...
What ADA/EASD consensus guideline has to say about metformin for hyperglycemia management in type 2 diabetes Medha Baranwal28 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Metformin has high effectiveness in lowering HbA1c, minimal risk of hypoglycemia when used as monotherapy, good safety profile, low cost, and...
Women more prone to episodes of hypo and hyperglycemia during and after pregnancy after RYGB surgery Medha Baranwal28 Dec 2022 9:45 AM ISTDenmark: Pregnant women with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery are more exposed to hyper- and hypoglycemia than their peers without...
Potatoes not bad- how people prepare them and what is eaten with them matters Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTWith low or no-carbohydrate diets rising in popularity in recent times, the humble potato is now regularly overlooked in favour of other vegetables....
