Combined cagrilintide and semaglutide for weight management well-tolerated in early clinical trials
1. Semaglutide 2.4 mg combined with once weekly cagrilintide therapy was not associated with increase in adverse events compared to ...
Tag: diabetes mellitus
Post-COVID Syndrome is linked to higher mortality risk and multi-organ dysfunction
1. Hospital readmission and mortality rates were higher in post-COVID patients as compared to matched control groups. 2. More diagnoses ...
Semaglutide 2.4 mg once a week decreases bodyweight in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes
1. Change in mean bodyweight was -9.6% with semaglutide 2.4 mg vs. -3.4% with placebo. 2. Approximately two-thirds of patients ...
![Type I diabetes not associated with early menopause [OVADIA study]](https://www.2minutemedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/diabetes1_edited-350x250.jpg)
Māori and Pacific New Zealanders may be disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes-related clinical outcomes
1. Compared to patients of European descent, poorer health outcomes were seen among Māori and Pacific New Zealanders with type ...
Metabolic surgery may be more effective than medical therapy for long-term control of type 2 diabetes
1. 10-year remission rates were significantly higher for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) than medical therapy. 2. ...
Novel hybrid closed-loop system improves glycemic control in young adults with type 1 diabetes compared to a commercially available system
1. Participants using the novel advanced hybrid insulin delivery system (Medtronic) had a greater proportion of time spent in their ...
Sotagliflozin reduces hospitalizations and urgent visits for patients with diabetes and worsening heart failure
1. Sotagliflozin was shown to lower the risk of total number of deaths from cardiovascular causes and hospitalizations and urgent ...
Finerenone may lower risk of chronic kidney disease progression and cardiovascular events
1. Finerenone treatment lowered the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and ...
Sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor use associated with increased risk of diabetic ketoacidosis
1. The use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2i) increased study participants’ risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) hospital presentations when compared to ...
Coronary CT angiography superior to functional stress testing among diabetic patients
1. In this randomized trial, diabetic patients with stable chest pain randomized to coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) had lower ...