Diabetes

The findings suggest identifying children at risk of T2D and fixing their sleep could be a low-cost way to head off type 2 diabetes.

Cardiologists were thrilled with results of the FOURIER trial, but payers were less moved. Given the drug's $14,000 a year price, some wanted to know if they would see more than the 30% to 35% discounts they had been offered.

Those in the lowest income category had consistently light levels of activity, the study found.

Patient reported data can be a reliable source of information to ascertain comorbidities in patients with prostate cancer, says JAMA Oncology study.

The connection between diabetes and cardiovascular disease is well-known, but a new study gets at the mechanism of how this occurs.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care stories included a look at the politics of right-to-try legislation; the success of FDA's expedited review programs; and a review on the best way to prevent cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes.

Technology, new standards for diabetes education and support, and data-sharing were themes of this year's annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

New research indicates that veterans who played a diabetes education game in teams demonstrated greater improvements in blood glucose control than veterans who learned about diabetes management from a booklet.

The discovery capitalizes on years of work to understand immune system pathways that lead to the destruction of beta cells in type 1 diabetes.

Two clinical-community interventions-enhanced primary care and enhanced primary care with coaching-are capable of improving parent-reported outcomes and a child's quality of life for childhood obesity.

The review reports that fewer than 50% of patients with diabetes are being treated according guidelines to prevent a cardiovascular event.

Coverage from the 2017 meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Coverage from the 2017 meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Coverage from the 2017 meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Coverage from the 2017 meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

The partnership seeks to establish best practices for helping diabetes educators collect data to improve population health. The announcement comes the first day of the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, being held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

A rule that would have created national standards for menu labels was halted a day before it took effect in May. Advocates for healthy eating cried foul, but a trade group for convenience stores said the rule would have harmed its members.

More than 100 million adults don't have dental coverage, which is not an essential health benefit even though data show rising numbers of emergency department cases related to dental problems. A Michigan experiment shows a possible solution, but even the study's author said it is not a panacea.

The reduced mortality risk was not seen in patients who did not have diabetes before surgery. But in those who did, the results were dramatic.

Divergent reactions among women at high risk for diabetes highlight challenges of implementing tailored outreach messages, driven by electronic health records, to promote patient engagement in preventive lifestyle programs.

The standards warn that too few people with diabetes or prediabetes have access to programs that would help them.

While the study found an association between moderate drinking and a low risk of diabetes, it doesn't prove that a few drinks throughout the week reduces one's risk, according to the UK's National Health Service.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

A survey designed to assess knowledge of prediabetes among primary care providers (PCPs) finds that their awareness of risk factors and management strategies is lower than ideal.