Treatment with glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists reduces the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events among people with type 2 diabetes, indicate findings from a large meta-analysis.
Sanjay Kalra explores the intrinsic link between the cardiovascular and renal systems, focusing on whether the SGLT2 inhibitor class has a role to play in diabetic patients with cardiorenal comorbidity [read more].
Findings from the SAVOR-TIMI 53 trial suggest that metformin treatment reduces cardiovascular and all-cause mortality but not nonfatal cardiovascular disease events, but a meta-analysis points to wider benefits.
The risk for severe urinary tract infections among people with type 2 diabetes in the real-world setting may be no greater with use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors than with other modern antidiabetes medications, research suggests.
The recent postmarketing data on Fournier gangrene in people taking sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors has increased concerns about this very rare but potentially fatal side effect. medwireNews talks to primary care diabetes specialist Kevin Fernando about how the findings affect risk–benefit considerations.
Detailed analysis of renal outcomes in the DECLARE-TIMI 58 trial confirms that treatment with the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor dapagliflozin is renoprotective in patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved kidney function.
Diabetologist Sanjay Kalra puts the CAROLINA trial into historical context and considers the present-day implications for the use of DPP-4 inhibitors and sulfonylureas.
Sanjay Kalra explores the intrinsic link between the cardiovascular and renal systems, focusing on whether the SGLT2 inhibitor class has a role to play in diabetic patients with cardiorenal comorbidity.
How will the findings of the REWIND trial and the DECLARE-TIMI 58 renal outcomes analysis affect treatment decisions for high-risk diabetes patients without overt cardiovascular disease? medwireNews asks Kamlesh Khunti.
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