By Andrew (Drew) Rhoades
Almost 40% of patients with type 2 diabetes stopped taking their second-line medication within 1 year, putting them at risk for future hospitalization related to diabetes, according to researchers.
Previous research has found alarming antidiabetic medication (ADM) usage trends because most adults with type 2 diabetes are eligible for GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors but few use them. Read the article in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
Walking at a faster speed may decrease the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, though more studies are needed to confirm the association, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.
“Currently, there is no specific instruction for gait speed in current guidelines,” Ahmad Jayedi, PhD, a research assistant at the Social Determinants of Health Research Center at Semnan University of Medical Sciences in Iran, told Healio. Read the article in Healio.
By Regina Schaffer
BOSTON — Interventions that prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes are critically important, and early diagnosis and treatment intensification can improve outcomes and increase lifespan, according to a speaker.
Despite the development of several new classes of diabetes medications and devices and advances in understanding of the importance of glucose control, only about half of people with type 2 diabetes are achieving a target HbA1c of less than 7%, Juan P. Frias, MD, medical director and principal investigator at Velocity Clinical Research in Los Angeles, said during a presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress. Read the complete article in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
Physical activity during the morning and afternoon, but not during the evening, is associated with a lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetologia.
“It is possible for the relationship between total physical activity and prospective risk for type 2 diabetes to differ by the time of day of physical activity,” Chirag J. Patel, PhD, assistant professor in the department of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School, told Healio. Read more in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
Physical activity performed in the afternoon could yield a greater reduction in HbA1c than physical activity during other times in the day, according to an analysis of data from the Look AHEAD trial published in Diabetes Care.
“This is the first large-scale epidemiological study demonstrating that timing of unsupervised physical activity is associated with long-term improvement in blood glucose in type 2 diabetes,” Jingyi Qian, PhD, associate physiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Roeland J.W. Middelbeek, MD, MSc, assistant investigator and staff physician at the Joslin Diabetes Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told Healio. Read the full story in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
A cognitive behavioral therapy multidisciplinary intervention was associated with a reduction in HbA1c and improvements in diabetes distress for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to study findings.
In a study published in The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care, researchers enrolled 29 adults with diabetes into the Diabetes Tune-Up Group, a multidisciplinary group intervention designed to deliver integrated psychoeducational, cognitive, motivational and emotional interventions in a scalable manner across six sessions.
Read the full article in Healio.
ByErin T. Welsh, MA
ByMichael Monostra
ByJill Rollet
Recent shortages of the type 2 diabetes therapies semaglutide and tirzepatide, widely reported in the consumer press, appear to be resolving, according to manufacturers and prescribers.
Beginning in the middle of last year in the United States, but extending globally, the shortages caused numerous challenges for prescribers treating people with type 2 diabetes and with obesity. Read more in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
Low-carbohydrate diets centered on macronutrients from whole grains, fruit and vegetables are associated with a lower mortality risk for people with type 2 diabetes, according to study data.
“It is well established that maintaining a higher diet quality is important for human health,” Yang Hu, ScD, research associate in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told Healio. Read the full story in Healio.
By Crystal Phend
Short-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was associated with an increased risk for heart failure hospitalization among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a Danish registry study. Read the full story in MedPage Today.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle — before or after type 2 diabetes diagnosis — was associated with significantly lower risk for microvascular complications for people with the disease, according to study data.
Results were published in JAMA Network Open. Read the full story in Healio.