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08-14-2019 | Gestational diabetes | News

Metformin exposure during pregnancy may impact postnatal growth trajectory

Infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes treated with metformin have lower birthweight, but experience accelerated postnatal growth and have higher BMI in childhood, compared with those whose mothers were treated with insulin, suggest findings from a meta-analysis.

11-02-2018 | Lifestyle interventions | Article

Effect of a lifestyle intervention program with energy-restricted Mediterranean diet and exercise on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors: One-year results of the PREDIMED-Plus trial

Salas-Salvadó J et al. Diabetes Care 2018: dc180836. doi: 10.2337/dc18-0836

10-16-2018 | Metabolic surgery | medwireNews | News

Marked reduction in vascular events in diabetes patients after bariatric surgery

An observational study published in JAMA demonstrates a substantial reduction in the risk for hard cardiovascular endpoints in obese patients with type 2 diabetes who have undergone bariatric surgery.

10-16-2018 | Metabolic surgery | Article

Association between bariatric surgery and macrovascular disease outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity

Fisher DP et al. JAMA 2018; 320: 1570–1582. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.14619

08-30-2018 | Obesity | Review | Article

The impact of childhood and adolescent obesity on cardiovascular risk in adulthood: A systematic review

Sommer A, Twig G. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 91. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1062-9

08-26-2018 | Lorcaserin | Highlight | News

Neutral cardiovascular safety for lorcaserin in CAMELLIA-TIMI 61

The weight-loss medication lorcaserin neither increases nor reduces cardiovascular risk, report the CAMELLIA–TIMI 61 investigators.

07-03-2018 | Type 2 diabetes | Article

Adiposity-mortality relationships in type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and cancer subgroups in the UK Biobank, and their modification by smoking

Jenkins DA et al. Diabetes Care 2018. doi: 10.2337/dc17-2508

06-27-2018 | Metformin | Article

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: A systematic literature review of scientific evidence from across the world in 2007–2017

Einarson TR et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 83. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0728-6

06-05-2018 | Cardiovascular outcomes | Article

Sex-specific associations between adolescent categories of BMI with cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in midlife

Furer A et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 80. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0727-7

06-04-2018 | Pediatrics | Review | Article

Identifying prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in asymptomatic youth: Should HbA1c be used as a diagnostic approach?

Vajravelu ME, Lee JM. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 43. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1012-6

06-02-2018 | Cardiovascular disorders | Article

Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: Results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA)

Pease A et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 77. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0726-8

06-01-2018 | Obesity | Article

Weight loss and mortality risk in patients with different adiposity at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: A longitudinal cohort study

Adjah Owusu ES et al. Nutr Diabetes 2018; 8: 37. doi: 10.1038/s41387-018-0042-0

05-28-2018 | Lifestyle interventions | Case report | Article

Successful management of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes with multidisciplinary neurobehavioral rehabilitation: A case report and review

Deng Z et al. Diabetes Ther 2018. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0448-7

05-24-2018 | Diet | Article

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