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Preliminary data from KITE, KESTREL trials show positive outcomes of brolucizumab in DME
First data from the KITE and KESTREL trials showed encouraging efficacy and safety outcomes of brolucizumab in the treatment of diabetic macular edema. “Both studies...
31 minutes ago - Healio
These Herbs and Spices Can Help Deter Diabetes
Based on estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2005, the total prevalence of diabetes was estimated at 20.8 million people, or 7% of the...
5 hours ago - Mercola
Cataract surgery may worsen DME while improving visual acuity
Patients with actively treated diabetic macular edema who undergo cataract surgery may experience worsening DME that does not immediately affect best corrected visual...
11 hours ago - Healio
Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery Tied to Lower All-Cause Mortality
Adults with obesity have a longer life expectancy when they undergo metabolic-bariatric surgery, regardless of whether they have comorbid type 2 diabetes, a new meta-analysis...
22 hours ago - Medscape
Adding GLP-1 Drug Makes Sleeve Gastroplasty a Diabetes Treatment
A key limitation of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty might be overcome by adding a diabetes drug to follow-up care, a small sham-controlled trial from Brazil suggested. Patients...
22 hours ago - MedPageToday - 2 articles
Bacterial DNA from coprolites shed light on gut microbiome composition in ancient humans
Researchers at the Section on Pathophysiology and Molecular Pharmacology, Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, analyzed microbial DNA found in indigenous human...
1 day ago - News Medical
The theoretical basis of a nationally implemented type 2 diabetes prevention programme: how is the programme expected to produce changes in behaviour?
It is considered best practice to provide clear theoretical descriptions of how behaviour change interventions should produce changes in behaviour. Commissioners of the...
1 day ago - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Obesity during adolescence linked to increased risk of stroke as an adult, study finds
Higher body mass index - an indicator of obesity - in late adolescence is associated with a significantly higher risk of first ischemic stroke in men and women under age 50...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily - 3 articles
Farxiga approved in the US for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients at risk of progression with and without type-2 diabetes
Approval is the most significant advancement in the treatment of chronic kidney disease in more than 20 years. In DAPA-CKD Phase III trial, Farxiga demonstrated unprecedented...
1 day ago - News Medical
The associations between individual plasma SFAs, serine palmitoyl-transferase long-chain base subunit 3 gene rs680379 polymorphism, and type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults
ABSTRACTBackgroundSeveral individual studies have shown that circulating levels of odd-chain SFAs and very-long-chain SFAs may have beneficial effects, but the results are...
1 day ago - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2 articles
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