Diabetes & Endocrinology News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• What’s the Best Approach for Sustained Weight Loss? With nutritional, pharmaceutical, and surgical options available for obesity, clinicians are being called upon to make decisions about how to best help their patients lose weight and keep it off.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Are Patients On GLP-1s Getting the Right Nutrients? As GLP-1 RA use soars, experts are worried that patients may not be getting the right nutrients in their diets. How can clinicians support their patients’ nutritional needs?
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Empathy-focused Calls Boost Diabetes Self-Care Empathetic calls made by laypeople with a goal to learn more about the patient improved glycemic control in low-income patients with diabetes, a 6-month parallel-arm superior trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• AI-Enhanced ECG Predicts Hypertension, Related Risks A new AI-ECG risk estimation model can predict the development of hypertension and flag patients who may require more monitoring.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• How Does End of Life Impact Diabetes Care? Older adults with type 2 diabetes received fewer noninsulin diabetes medications in their final year of life, but insulin use increased, especially among those who were frailer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Eli Lilly's Obesity Drug Gets Medicare Coverage for Sleep Apnea Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare insurance plans for use in sleep apnea, broadening access to the blockbuster weight-loss...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• Study Identifies Risk Potential for Thousands Of Mutations Of a Cancer Gene Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or guide...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• Loneliness and Social Isolation Leave a Mark on the Blood New research sheds light on the biology underlying the connection between loneliness and social isolation and adverse health outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Choline Alfoscerate Has Modest Benefits on Cognition in T2D Daily treatment with 1200 mg of choline alfoscerate showed marginal improvement in cognitive function in patients with T2D and mild cognitive impairment, according to a randomized trial.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• FMT Shows Early Success in Type 1 Diabetes With Bowel Issues In the first study of its kind, researchers reported that fecal microbiota transplantation was a safe and beneficial approach for patients with type 1 diabetes and severe gastroenteropathy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Cardiac Health Can Determine Breast Cancer Severity Individuals with cardiovascular disease could have an increased risk for advanced breast cancer at diagnosis, potentially guiding recommendations for personalized screening.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Intensive BP Control May Benefit CKD Patients in Real World Intensive blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease showed cardiovascular benefits in real-world settings similar to those observed in the SPRINT.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Drug Shortages: Does Canada Manage Them Better? Oncology drugs tend to “percolate to the top” of shortage lists that prioritize drugs of concern, said expert.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Using AI to ID Osteoporosis: A Medico-Legal Minefield? Artificial intelligence technology has identified many more patients with osteoporosis than institutions can handle.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Retatrutide Produces Greatest Weight Loss Dual- and triple-agonist GLP-1s appear to achieve greater weight loss in an overview of clinical trials of approved and investigational agents.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Cardiac Risks With Newer Psoriasis Meds Match TNF Inhibitors A study of biologic-naive patients with psoriasis or PsA found that IL-17, IL-12/23, and IL-23 inhibitors have cardiovascular and thrombotic risk profiles comparable with those of TNF inhibitors.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• How Should You Treat Muscle Mass Loss in GLP-1 Patients? Research showed that patients who lose weight on GLP-1 agonists frequently experience muscle mass loss. Obesity experts share how clinicians can prevent the problem and what interventions can help.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• GLP-1s: The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery? Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025