by Emma O’Connor, Griffith University Changes to body weight and body mass index following bariatric surgery. (A) Body weight and (B) BMI were measured prior to bariatric surgery and at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups and (C) the patient distribution across obesity classes was tracked throughout this period. Similarly, (D) the weight loss of...
Megan Brooks February 16, 2023 Treatment with the thiazolidinedione pioglitazone may offer the greatest protection against dementia for older adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have a history of stroke or ischemic heart disease, new research suggests. Overall, in a large cohort study from Korea, patients who took pioglitazone were 16% less likely to develop dementia over an average of...
By Suchandrima Bhowmik Mar 5 2023 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an ophthalmological complication of diabetes that is the primary cause of vision loss and blindness in this patient population. DR is a frequent microangiopathic complication in Catalonia, Spain, with its incidence expected to increase due to the rise in diabetes,...
by University of Tsukuba Credit: Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock The kidneys perform a critical role in the body by removing waste and excess fluid in the form of urine. In a condition known as diabetic nephropathy, complications from diabetes disrupt the ability of the kidneys to function properly. Now, researchers in Japan have shed new light on a potential...
by The University of Hong Kong Subgroup Analysis (by Sex) for the Association of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors With Risk of Incident Obstructive Airway Disease. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.51177 A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has discovered that sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors...
Anne L. Peters, MD February 03, 2023 Last week, a number of patients emailed me regarding their concerns about this phenomenon known as Ozempic face. I went on to read about what this meant. I live in Los Angeles, where most people appear to be on semaglutide (Ozempic). It’s the phenomenon where people lose weight relatively rapidly, making their...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY People with Type 2 diabetes who were given a smartphone app that delivers personalized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) saw significantly greater reductions in their blood sugar and less need for higher doses of diabetes medications at six months compared with those who only received standard diabetes care and a control app,...
by University of Bath Representative 24 h trace of continuous glucose trace in all 20 participants recorded by CGMS data at 15 min intervals pre- and post-bed rest. Note; all measures denoted at ‘Post’ refer to at the end of the bed rest protocol, but during its final week. Six-hourly intervals represent segmentation of the 24-h period...
by Karolinska Institutet (A) Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves of fasting IGFBP-2, adiponectin, IGFBP-1 and BMI in detecting T2D in women and men. Logistic regression models not adjusted for confounders. (B) Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves of fasting IGFBP-2, adiponectin and IGFBP-1 combined, as compared to BMI alone or included, in detecting T2D in women and men....
by Manuela Rutsatz, Universität Augsburg Comparative assessment of AdEVs isolated by dUC or SEC. Male lean and diet-induced obese (DIO) C57BL/6 J mice (n = 16 mice, 24–26 weeks of age, 16 weeks of feeding) were assessed for a body weight, b fat mass, c epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) mass, d lean mass, e fasting glucose, f fasting insulin, and g HOMA-IR values. h–k Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) of adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (AdEVs, n = 7–8...
