Diabetes & Endocrinology News

• Alert Compounded Semaglutide Overdoses Tied to Hospitalizations The US Food and Drug Administration alerted clinicians, compounders, and patients about adverse events related to compounded semaglutide dosing errors.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Alert EMA Says Don't Mix Mysimba and Opioid-Containing Meds Existing advice for prescribing the weight loss drugs needs to be strengthened to minimize the risks from interactions, the European drug authority said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Cardiovascular Outcomes Better With Home Hemodialysis Home hemodialysis was linked to reduced cardiovascular risks vs peritoneal dialysis in a large study, but key caveats were noted.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Heat Waves: A Silent Threat to Older Adults' Kidneys Extreme exposure to dry and hot weather conditions increased the plasma creatinine and cystatin C levels in older adults, while young adults showed minor changes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Sugar May Drive Dementia, German Medical Societies Warn High blood sugar levels damage brain blood vessels and promote deposits on the vessel walls, thus reducing blood flow and nutrient supply to brain cells.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Can DASH Diet Reduce Liver Fat in Type 2 Diabetes? Shifting to a DASH diet was tied to healthier body fat distribution in patients with diabetes, especially in type 2 diabetes, a German study found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• AIDS 2024 Twice-Yearly PrEP Gives 'Huge' 100% Protection Final results of the highly anticipated PURPOSE 1 trial of lenacapavir show the shots prevent new infections without many side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Why Are Germans Getting Heavier? Changes in the population's weight have many causes, including an abundance of food and declining expenditure of energy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• EULAR 2024 Taper, Dose Down, Discontinue: Striving for Less Steroid Use Now in the 75th year since the first presentation on the clinical use of glucocorticoids, what consensus has been reached in sparing their use to avoid their many potential adverse effects?
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link An analysis of a national claims database found that mental health disorders and chronic diabetic complications were linked over the lifespan of those with type 1 or 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• EULAR 2024 Breaking Rheumatology's Reliance on Steroids: New Strategies Selective GC receptor agonists and modulators and GC plus hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibitor combination therapy are some of the approaches under consideration.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• How Age Affects Teprotumumab Tx in Thyroid Eye Disease Older patients with thyroid eye disease who receive teprotumumab are more likely to require re-treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• The Skinny on What We Know About the Microbiome and Obesity Mayo Clinic researcher Sahil Khanna discussed the links between obesity and the microbiome, the potential of microbiome therapeutics, and future avenues for research.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Shifting Insulin Meal Timing Cuts Hospital Hypoglycemia Waiting to deliver insulin until the patient has eaten at least half of their meal reduced hypoglycemia without raising severe hyperglycemia.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Will Treating High Blood Pressure Curb Dementia Risk? Evidence is mixed or lacking, but experts say it makes sense to treat hypertension to lower dementia risk, particularly in middle age.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Dangers of Intramuscular Fat Tissue Are Often Underestimated Intramuscular fat tissue increases the risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• How the Gut Microbiome Might Influence Diabetes Risk The composition of gut microbes differed starkly between individuals with diabetes and those without, with 19 distinct species being linked to type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Why Millions Are Trying FDA-Authorized Alternatives Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 lb over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself at his ideal body weight with his cholesterol below 200.
  KFF Health News, July 23, 2024
• US Drug Industry Middlemen Defend Business Model Amid Accusations Of Raising Patient Costs U.S. pharmaceutical industry middlemen defended their role in the healthcare system during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday after committee members accused them of pushing...
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Are GLP-1s Bad for Retinas? A pivotal clinical trial found an increased risk for worsening diabetic retinopathy with semaglutide, but a large database analysis of real-world patients raised questions about that finding.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024