Neuropathy

Real-world data from the UK Biobank show the value of a healthy lifestyle in people with type 2 diabetes hoping to avoid microvascular complications.

Study findings suggest that the presence of microvascular complications is associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19.

Combination therapy with three commonly used medications has achieved similar levels of pain relief for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in the randomized OPTION-DM trial.

People with diabetes who attend an annual wellness check are significantly less likely to require a major lower extremity amputation within the same year, shows research from the US Diabetes Belt.

Men and women with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes have high levels of sexual dysfunction, shows an analysis of data from the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study in the USA.

Clinicians are only rarely monitoring vitamin B12 levels in people with type 2 diabetes using metformin, research shows.

People with diabetic foot ulcers who live in areas with a high level of deprivation may be more likely to require major amputation than those living in less deprived areas, suggest findings from a French cohort study.

Providing additional shoes designed for wearing indoors may improve use of custom-made footwear among people with diabetes at high risk for foot ulceration, research suggests.