Dulaglutide significantly improves A1C (average blood sugar concentration over two to three months) when added to ongoing treatment with a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, according to results from AWARD-10, a new Phase 3b clinical study.1 These data were published online first in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. “I’ve seen in my practice that even with...
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Reduced Time in Hypoglycemia Demonstrated in Recent Insulin Pump Trial
Positive results were announced this week from the study of a new insulin pump with a predictive low glucose suspend (PLGS) feature. Data showed that the system achieved the primary outcome of reducing time spent in hypoglycemia compared to sensor-augmented pump therapy alone. The company developing the device, Tandem Diabetes Care, is marketing its new...
Pulmonary Function Should Be Target in Diabetes Care, Researchers Report
Doctors treating patients with type 2 diabetes should consider pulmonary function when providing care to these patients, according to a paper recently published in Endocrine Reviews. The review, by Albert Lecube, of the Universitat de Lleida, Spain, et al, points out that the lung is not usually included in the list of organs affected by...
NIDDK Releases Funding Opportunity Announcements for Type 1 Diabetes Research
On February 15, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) released 17 long-awaited Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to support a variety of research projects related to type 1 diabetes and its complications. These FOAs are supported with the recent $150 million extension of the Special Statutory Funding Program for Type 1...
Clock Protein Controls Daily Cycle of Gene Expression by Regulating Chromosome Loops, Study Finds
The up-and-down daily cycles of a long-studied clock protein called Rev-erb coordinates the ebb and flow of gene expression by tightening and loosening loops in chromosomes, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings appear online this week in Science First Release. Over the last 15-plus years, a team led by the...
A high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diet may cause obesity-related reproductive dysfunction, according to an animal study that was recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Natalia Toporikova, PhD, of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., point out that obesity is associated with multiple metabolic and reproductive disorders, but the mechanisms...
Unusual Case of Metastatic Functional Thyroid Carcinoma Treated with Radioactive Iodine Described
The December 2017 issue of the Journal of the Endocrine Society includes an unusual case report of a patient with thyrotoxicosis due to functional thyroid carcinoma and Graves disease, who was treated successfully with radioactive iodine (RAI). The paper, by Ari Geliebter, MD, et al., describes a 79-year-old woman came to the hospital with weakness...
German Researchers Report on the Cost of Treating Type 2 Diabetes Complications
Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have examined health insurance data of more than 300,000 people with diabetes in Germany. Their report, published in Diabetes Care, breaks down the costs involved in treating various complications of the disease. The Helmholtz authors are members of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). It is estimated that...
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