Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes
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Regulating Blood Sugar May Help Improve Response To Exercise Training
In this two-part study, Lessard and colleagues first tested a drug called canagliflozin which can reduce blood glucose in a mouse model. Mice with induced hyperglycemia were monitored…
Back-to-Back Recalls for Medtronic Insulin Pumps
The FDA announced that Medtronic expanded two recalls relating to the MiniMed 600 series of…
Statin Usage Linked to Progression of Diabetes
Using a retrospective, matched-cohort study that used new-user and active-comparator designs, investigators assessed statin initiative and diabetes progression in the patient population…
COVID-19 may trigger hyperglycemia and worsen disease by harming fat cells
COVID-19 may bring high risks of severe disease and death in many patients by disrupting key metabolic signals and thereby triggering hyperglycemia, according to a new study from researchers…
COVID-19 Triggers New Diabetic Wave
.‘A recent study suggests that COVID-19 may bring about a wave of newly diagnosed diabetes among people.’
Compared to patients with no signs of glucose abnormalities, hyperglycemic…
Clinical Challenge: Immunotherapy-Related Diabetes in Cancer Patients
For all the tremendous benefits immunotherapy offers patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), immune-related adverse events…
Diabetic Man With Sclerosing Mesenteritis Experiences Glycemic Control With Steroids
A 57-year-old man presents for admission to hospital in Warsaw, Poland; he has very poorly…