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Prior COVID-19 infection increases risk for incident diabetes by 17%

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By Michael Monostra

Adults who previously tested positive for COVID-19 have a higher risk for developing diabetes than those who did not test positive, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

“The study highlights the importance of medical professionals being mindful of the possible long-term consequences of COVID-19,” Naveed Zafar Janjua, MBBS, MSc, DrPH, executive director of data and analytic services at British Columbia Center for Disease Control, Provincial Health Services Authority; and clinical professor in the school of population and public health at University of British Columbia, told Healio. Read more in Healio.

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When health plans are detrimental to diabetes care

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By Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES
By Donna Ryan, RN, RDN, MPH, CDCES, FADCES

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Donna Ryan, RN, RDN, MPH, CDCES, FADCES, about changes to standard practices of health plans that could improve diabetes care and health of people with diabetes.

Weiner: How is the U.S. doing in terms of health care spending efficacy and equity for diabetes?

Ryan: The U.S. is a global leader in health care expenditures for diabetes, spending approximately $327 billion for direct and indirect costs. According to the American Diabetes Association, people with diabetes have 2.3 times the health care costs of persons without diabetes, with estimated average annual medical costs of approximately $17,000. Read the entire article on Healio.

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UC Davis Health establishes endocrinology clinic for kidney transplant patients

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Clinic provides diabetes and endocrinology care for patients after transplants

(SACRAMENTO) Did you know diabetes is a common complication following a kidney transplant?

UC Davis Health has established a new transplant endocrinology clinic to improve care of diabetes and other endocrinology disorders for kidney transplant patients. Read more from UC Davis Health News.

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Children with type 1 diabetes miss more school days than children without diabetes

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Children with type 1 diabetes missed nine more school days, on average, per year than children without the disease, according to new research published in Diabetes Care.

“Children living with diabetes and managing the condition achieve the same grades at age 16 as their peers without diabetes — and are equally as likely to progress to higher education,”Robert French, PhD, senior research fellow in the division of infection and immunity in the Diabetes Research Group at the School of Medicine at Cardiff University, U.K., said in a related press release. “This is quite remarkable, given that they miss more school sessions than those without the condition.”
Read more in Healio.

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Number of US youths with diabetes likely to increase in upcoming decades

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Researchers hypothesize that the number of youths in the U.S. with diabetes is likely to substantially increase in future decades, highlighting the need for diabetes prevention, according to estimates published in Diabetes Care.

“In particular, the risk of type 2 diabetes seems worrying because compared with youths and young adults with type 1 diabetes, those with type 2 diabetes have a worse cardiovascular risk profile and increased risk of complications and mortality,” Thaddäus Tönnies, MD, an epidemiologist at the Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology at the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf, Germany, and colleagues wrote.
Read more in Healio.

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Innovation Is Critical to Stop Disparities in Diabetes Care

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— We must explore how new technologies can help

Having spent over 30 years of my career in diabetes, first as a practicing diabetologist and later as a diabetes researcher, I’ve met many people with diabetes. And while diabetes care has evolved significantly over that time, I’m amazed that for many people, daily insulin management remains just as complex and manual as it was all those years ago, particularly for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Read more in MedPage Today.

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Guidelines updated for managing diabetes with high risk for hypoglycemia

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The Endocrine Society released updated clinical practice guidelines that account for new technology and newer forms of insulin and glucagon in the management of diabetes-related hypoglycemia.

These recommendations, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, are updates from the Endocrine Society’s 2009 inpatient hypoglycemia guideline. Read more in Healio.

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Mindfulness and meditation can improve overall health for people with diabetes

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BALTIMORE — Practicing meditation and mindfulness can reduce diabetes distress and improve diet, HbA1c, sleep and overall quality of life for people with diabetes, according to two speakers.

During a presentation at the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists annual meeting, Peter Friedfeld and Brooke Cassoff, CHWC, co-founders and facilitators at Diabetes Sangha, an online group dedicated to meditation and mindfulness practices for people with diabetes, described how the practices can be incorporated into diabetes self-management and how diabetes care and education specialists can teach the principles to people with diabetes. Read the full story in Healio.

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