Search Tag: type 2 diabetes
2024 17 Sep
A new study has identified key factors that influence long-term weight loss in patients with obesity who were prescribed injectable semaglutide or liraglutide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or obesity. The findings are published in JAMA Network Open. In patients with obesity treated with semaglutide or liraglutide, study researchers observed...Read more
2024 26 Aug
A new study from the University of Georgia reveals that Type 2 diabetes surged by nearly 20% between 2012 and 2022. The research shows an increase in diabetes across all sociodemographic groups, with non-Hispanic Black individuals being particularly affected—nearly 16% of Black participants reported a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. The study also...Read more
2024 24 Jul
Semaglutide emerged as the most frequently prescribed GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) in 2023 by a significant margin. A nationwide study revealed a substantial rise in new GLP-1RA prescriptions over the past decade, especially since 2020. While semaglutide dominated prescriptions in 2023, the study also noted a shift in the patient...Read more
2022 21 Jun
Cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure or atrial fibrillation and stroke, are some of the primary risk factors for dementia. A new study published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia shows that people with at least two of the diseases - type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke - have double the...Read more
2022 12 Apr
Type 2 diabetes can be an inherited disease, but habits can also affect a person's risk of getting it. In particular, obesity due to fatty and high-calorie foods, often in combination with limited activity, increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes considerably. A new study at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology and St. Olav's...Read more
2019 14 Nov
Type 2 diabetes is very common not only in North America, but globally. The disorder can lead to severe limb and life-threatening complications if the blood glucose is not adequately controlled. When blood glucose levels remain elevated, it can lead to renal failure requiring dialysis, blindness, amputation of the lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy...Read more
2019 20 Sep
Heart failure is a common complication in patients suffering from Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Recently, new medicines have been developed to offset these risks; however, finding effective strategies to identify which T2D patients are most at risk has been difficult. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Centre have...Read more
2019 01 Aug
Today in healthcare, more emphasis is being placed on treating the patient rather than a particular disease. In this sense, it is not unusual that the line between cardiology and diabetes care has become more blurred. As more cardiologists are finding themselves prescribing diabetes treatments, the need for interdisciplinary knowledge has become even...Read more
2019 01 Aug
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes has become a public health issue, as the International Diabetes Federation recorded a total of 425 million adults between the ages of 20 and 79 that had diabetes in 2017. The main cause of disability and mortality in this cohort is due to issues involving cardiovascular health. The American Heart Association has now...Read more
2019 01 May
A new study has shed light on the link between higher body mass index (BMI) and serious health outcomes and death in over 2.8 million adults representative of the UK population. The new estimates, being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May), indicate that adults with severe obesity class...Read more
2018 20 Nov
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is consistently increasing, and the leading cause of death among diabetic patients continues to be cardiovascular diseases. Statistics show that coronary artery disease (CAD) accounts for 30% of deaths in the diabetic population. More than two-thirds of diabetic patients, 65 years and older, die because of vascular...Read more
2018 10 Nov
We are all aware that risk factors like obesity, high blood pressure, and an inactive/sedentary lifestyle can cause Type 2 diabetes. However, new research presented today at the American Heart Association Meeting 2018 in Chicago reveals that stress may also play a role in the development of this condition in women. Diabetes is a public health...Read more
2018 21 Mar
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex disease with a pathogenesis that is multidimensional. Recently, several specific glucose-lowering agents have been demonstrated to improve cardiovascular outcomes and may be favoured in T2DM patients with coexisting cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a review paper in the journal Endocrinology and...Read more
2017 06 Jul
New findings confirm previous evidence that higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes. The study is published in JAMA Cardiology. Previously conducted observational studies have already established a connection between higher BMI and...Read more
2016 14 Nov
A study published in the journal Diabetes Care demonstrates that intensive glycaemic therapy (IGT) has beneficial effects in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients receiving treatment with β -blockers. See Also : Prevalence of Global Diabetes Seriously Underestimated Intensive glycaemic control (IGC) decreases...Read more
2016 26 Jul
According to leading diabetes researchers, the new smartphone craze Pokémon Go could prove to be an innovative solution to combat rising obesity levels and chronic disease. Pokémon Go is a virtual reality treasure hunt that requires players to walk to places within the real world and catch, train and batter monsters that appear on their mobile...Read more
2016 19 Jul
According to a new study, children born with heart disease have a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes after the age of 30. The study is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Study findings show that the risk is even higher for those born with a cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) condition. The study was conducted...Read more
2016 02 Feb
According to a recent report, new tools could be used for improving the treatment of heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. This could prove to be quite significant since nearly two-thirds of deaths among people with type 2 diabetes is related to cardiovascular disease. The report is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology:...Read more
2015 10 Feb
Researchers have found that blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart disease events and improved mortality. They noted that each 10-mm Hg lower systolic BP was associated with a lower risk of mortality, CVD events, coronary heart disease...Read more
2014 14 Nov
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with lifestyle changes, according to European Society of Cardiology spokesperson Professor Eberhard Standl, from the Munich Diabetes Research Group in Germany. Today is World Diabetes Day and this year’s theme is Healthy Living and Diabetes. People can calculate their risk using a simple questionnaire and find out if...Read more
2014 01 Sep
When it comes to cholesterol-lowering statin medications for patients with type 2 diabetes, rosuvastatin may be a better choice than atorvastatin, according to the findings of a new study presented at ESC Congress 2014. “Statins have been shown to slightly increase the risk of new-onset diabetes but few studies have been done to investigate their...Read more
2014 10 Jun
University of Glasgow researchers have found that some microvascular complications of Type 2 diabetes can be predicted by an assessment of cardiac biomarkers. The results indicate that an underlying cardiac condition may precede peripheral microvascular disease processes. Peripheral microvascular events common to diabetic patients include nephropathy...Read more
2014 10 Jun
Recent research has exposed the frequency of undiagnosed, and consequently untreated, cases of diabetes in patients admitted to hospital due to acute myocardial infarction (MI). While plenty of practice guidelines exist for the treatment of patients who present with both MI and diabetes, most fail to address the issue of incident diabetes screening...Read more