The AJMC® Diabetes compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the chronic condition.
January 26th 2023
Adults with diabetes who were forced to switch from an employer-sponsored health plan to a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) were 25% more likely to require an emergency department (ED) or hospital visit for hyperglycemia, but not for hypoglycemia, than those who did not switch plans.
Contributor: Health Systems Will Need a Tech Transformation to Prepare for CMS Glycemia Measures
January 2nd 2023With data collection beginning on January 1, 2023, most health systems are not prepared for CMS’ new glycemia measures, and those that are will likely be floored by the results, according to the chief medical officer at Glytec.
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The new federal spending bill includes changes to Medicaid enrollment, postpartum coverage, and other health programs; new research shows widened disparities among US adults with diabetes using insulin; in 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated more than 379 million fentanyl doses.
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Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet Improved Body Composition, Gut Microbiota Profile in T2D
November 23rd 2022Different dietary approaches were able to improve the state of health in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), with very-low-calorie ketogenic diets demonstrating better results on gut microbiota profile.
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Type 2 Diabetes Patient Activation and mHealth Interventions Decreased Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Mobile health (mHealth) and a patient activation program could serve as a model for improving health outcomes for patients in outpatient clinical settings by decreasing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score.
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Impact of Food Affordability on Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalization
Medicaid enrollees residing in counties with greater food affordability had lower odds of preventable hospitalization related to diabetes.
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Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression Associated With Changes in Muscle, Fat Amounts
November 1st 2022Patients with type 2 diabetes with a high to very high prognostic risk of diabetic kidney disease were more likely to have a reduced rectus femoris cross-sectional area, a measure of muscle mass in the lower body, and an increased visceral fat area.
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Experts anticipate a rise in US COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths beginning in 3 to 4 weeks; Covis Pharma pushes to keep hydroxyprogesterone caproate (Makena) on the market; more than 1.3 million American adults with diabetes delayed purchasing or skipped or rationed insulin doses due to high costs.
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About 200,000 more children have health insurance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; if FDA-approved, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for younger children are expected to become available by early to mid-October; a trial compared metformin plus sitagliptin, liraglutide, glimepiride, and insulin glargine for maintaining blood glucose levels.
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