Diabetes and Endocrinology
Home Diabetes and Endocrinology
Shared Decision Making Improves Youth Continuous Glucose Monitor Use
Findings for study involving youth with diabetes, with follow-up two months after initiation
Guidance Helps Doctors Optimize Telemedicine for Seniors
Physicians should be mindful of cues that patient may not hear or understand and repeat or rephrase
Many U.S. Children Eligible for Type 2 Diabetes Screening
Sensitivity and specificity low for detecting any hyperglycemia with HbA1c, FPG screening criteria
Expanding Medicaid in Holdout States Could Insure 3.9 Million
Given the increase in uninsured due to COVID-19-related unemployment, this estimate is likely low
Flu Vaccination in High-Risk Groups May Reduce CV Events
Hospitalized patients at high risk who are vaccinated have lower rates of MI, TIA, cardiac arrest, death
Longer Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday May Up Fracture Risk
For those with previous vertebral fracture, major osteoporotic fractures increased with holidays >12 months
Life Expectancy 78.60 Years for U.S. Population for 2009-2011
Highest life expectancy at birth for Hispanic women, non-Hispanic white women, Hispanic men
Short-Term Risk for Below-Knee Amputation Not Increased With SGLT2i
Risk for below-knee amputation not increased versus DPP-4 inhibitor use in patients with type 2 diabetes
Life Expectancy 78.60 Years for U.S. Population for 2009-2011
Highest life expectancy at birth for Hispanic women, non-Hispanic white women, Hispanic men
Diabetes-Related Lower-Limb Amputations Up in Older Adults
Absolute rates for amputation among Medicare beneficiaries highest in oldest old, blacks, men
