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Previous findings that systemic use of antibiotics increases the risk of diabetes may actually be explained by clinical and lifestyle factors

Link Between Diabetes, Antibiotic Use Called Into Question

Clinical, lifestyle factors may have confounded previous findings linking antibiotics, diabetes risk

November 2017 Briefing – Diabetes & Endocrinology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Diabetes & Endocrinology for November 2017. This roundup includes...
Disparities in exposure to diabetes-associated environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to disparities in diabetes

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Diabetes Disparities

Exposure to diabetes-associated environmental EDCs may contribute to racial, socioeconomic disparities
More than 5 percent of all incident cancers in 2012 were attributable to diabetes and high body mass index

Over 5 Percent of Incident Cancer Due to Diabetes, High BMI

In 2012, 5.6 percent of all incident cancers due to combined effects of diabetes, high BMI
Cardiovascular disease hospitalization rates have declined in recent years among individuals with and those without diabetes

1998 to 2014 Saw Drop in CVD Hospitalization Rates in Diabetes

Rates of CVD hospitalizations remained two to four times higher for those with versus without diabetes
An increased β-blocker dose is associated with a greater prognostic advantage in patients with chronic heart failure and diabetes than in those with chronic heart failure but no diabetes

Higher β-Blocker Dose Linked to Lower Mortality Risk

Effect is larger in chronic heart failure patients with diabetes than CHF patients without diabetes
Spinal cord stimulation effectively reduces chronic pain symptoms in individuals with painful diabetic polyneuropathy

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Reduce Neuropathic Pain

After 5 years, more than half of patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy had treatment success
Among Asians

Risk of Falls Up With Mild, Moderate Diabetic Retinopathy

And perceived barriers to diabetes self-management are associated with severity of diabetic retinopathy
Despite increases in HbA1c testing and awareness

In 2007-2014, Glycemic Control Plateaued in Diabetes Patients

But significant improvements in HbA1c testing and awareness seen, except in those aged 20 to 44
The addition of intravitreous dexamethasone to continued ranibizumab therapy does not improve visual acuity in eyes with persistent diabetic macular edema after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy

AAO: No Visual Acuity Change With Dexamethasone in DME

Visual acuity no better with dexamethasone added to ranibizumab in persistent diabetic macular edema