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June 2015 Briefing – Diabetes & Endocrinology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Diabetes & Endocrinology for June 2015. This roundup includes...
For kidney transplant recipients

Steroid Avoidance May Not Help Reduce Posttransplant Diabetes

Limited effect among adult patients during five years following kidney transplantation
A higher quantity of electronically documented notes on lifestyle counseling of patients with diabetes is tied to improved glycemic control

Providers’ Electronic Notes Tied to Better Glycemic Control

Higher documentation of lifestyle counseling tied to lower time to HbA1c targets
Hypothyroidism is associated with increased risk of diabetes mellitus; however

Subclinical Hypothyroidism Ups DM Risk Only With Statin Use

No increased risk for patients with hypothyroidism treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy
Exercise training is associated with an increase in skeletal muscle capillary density

Exercise-Induced Capillary Density Ups Insulin Sensitivity

Increase in skeletal muscle CD persists after two-week detraining period
Patients with diabetes have increased risk of mortality from various infections

Increased Infection-Linked Mortality in DM Greater for T1DM

Risk up for various infections; increased risk seems greater for type 1 than type 2 diabetes

American Diabetes Association, June 5-9

The American Diabetes Association's 75th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 5 to 9...
GLP-1 receptor agonists may help reduce cravings and increase satisfaction while eating

ADA: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists May Help Reduce Food Cravings

GLP-1 receptors appear to change brain's response to food, researchers say
Real-time ultrawide field retinal image evaluation by nonphysician imagers can accurately detect diabetic retinopathy and help reduce center image grading burden

UWF Retinal Imaging Process Could Reduce Practice Burden

Real-time ultrawide field retinal imaging has high sensitivity, specificity for detecting referable DR
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis associated changes in liver function affect kidney transporter expression and metformin pharmacokinetics

NASH-Linked Changes Impact Metformin Pharmacokinetics

Mice study shows alteration in kidney transporter expression, altered metformin pharmacokinetics