The stress hormone cortisol appears to play a role in tough-to-treat type 2 diabetes. “By identifying hypercortisolism in patients, we can target treatments more effectively and potentially improve their outcomes,” says John Buse, MD.
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In recent years, GLP-1 receptor agonists have transformed the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity. These medications, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, have not only improved glucose control but also promoted significant weight loss. With nearly 42% of Americans living with obesity and 38% with prediabetes, the need for effective treatments is critical. These incretin therapies have ushered in a new era of comprehensive care, addressing cardio-metabolic-renal risks and improving overall health. #ObesityMatters #GLP1 #ObesityResearch #WeightLoss #ClinicalTrials #HealthInnovation https://ow.ly/TQQC50SjkYn
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Managing diabetic nerve pain starts with better diabetes control. But doctors should be clear with patients, said Agnès Hartemann, a diabetes expert in Paris. She said, "Managing diabetes won't change how much pain you feel." Also, there's a risk called "insulin neuritis," which happens with quick diabetes treatment. This can occur with strict diets, certain diabetes medications, and some insulin delivery systems. Rapidly lowering blood sugar can make nerves overactive and cause problems with small fibers and the nervous system. Learn More by clicking the link https://lnkd.in/e-hCyRFg
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🌟 Semaglutide: A Game Changer for T2D and Heart Failure! 🌟 Recent research in The New England Journal of Medicine highlights the benefits of semaglutide 2.4 mg for adults with obesity, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and Type 2 diabetes. 💊 Compared to a placebo, semaglutide improved symptoms and physical function significantly. 💪 Interestingly, the study found that these benefits aren't solely due to weight loss, as patients lost less weight than expected. This suggests semaglutide offers unique advantages beyond weight management. 🌿 #FoodAndNutrition #HealthyLiving #MedicalAdvancements #HeartHealth #DiabetesCare
Wegovy improves symptoms, physical function for obesity-related heart failure with diabetes
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🏁 An important new step in management of HFpEF patients, another victory for GLP-1 agonists. 💟 In patients with obesity (BMI > 30) , type 2 diabetes and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, once weekly semaglutide leads to larger reductions in heart failure–related symptoms and physical limitations and greater weight loss than placebo at 1 year. https://lnkd.in/d9a_nY7t
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Did you know that more than 38.4 million people in the world have been diagnosed with diabetes? Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to appropriately regulate the level of sugar which is glucose in the blood. This occurs either by poor sensitivity to the protein insulin leading to type 2 diabetes or due to an inadequate production of insulin by the pancreas leading to type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is characterized by autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the islets of the pancreas, the loss of function of the beta cells leads to an absolute insulin deficiency commonly seen in children in adolescents. This type of diabetes is insulin dependent. In type 2 diabetes insulin is infective and is initially countered by an increasing insulin production to maintain glucose from your status, but over time insulin production decreases leading to type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes present with: 1. Frequent test 2. Polyuria 3. Fatigue 4. Numbness and tingliness 5. Blurry vision 6. Frequent hunger What are the complications of Diabetes? 1. Neuropathy 2. Nephropathy 3. Retinopathy 4. Immunosuppression 5. Diabetic foot. #Physicalmedicineandrehabilitation. macropathy
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Low Insulin Sensitivity Linked To Albuminuria Development In Diabetes Patients: Study A recent study uncovered a significant link between reduced insulin sensitivity and the development of albuminuria, a key marker of kidney damage, in individuals with diabetes. This finding were published in the journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. This study was conducted among Southwestern Indigenous American adults to investigate the association between insulin action and secretion measured before the onset of diabetes and the subsequent development of albuminuria after diabetes onset. The team led by Meeah Willig meticulously assessed baseline body composition, insulin sensitivity at different levels of insulin stimulation and insulin secretion in a total of 170 participants who eventually developed diabetes. #DiabetesObesityandMetabolism #insulinsensitivity #albuminuria
Low Insulin Sensitivity Linked to Albuminuria Development in Diabetes Patients: Study
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Prevalence of dysglycemia would be more with the new criteria
A staggering 850 millions adults worldwide are affected by intermediate hyperglycaemia, placing them at high risk of type 2 diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation has released a position statement, developed by an international panel of experts, that presents the 1-hour post-load plasma glucose (1-h PG) test as a more sensitive and practical method to identify high-risk individuals than current diagnostic tests. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/emwphJEB
IDF releases position statement recommending use of 1-hour plasma glucose test to diagnose intermediate hyperglycaemia and type 2 diabetes
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Expert: Semaglutide's Benefits in Obesity-Related Heart Failure, the Role of Pharmacists in Diabetes Care: Semaglutide significantly improved heart failure symptoms and quality of life through weight loss and direct effects on heart tissue. #finance #pharmacy #lifesciences
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Catabolic "Sickness" An Ignored Pathophysiology Of Type2 Diabetes The root cause for Prediabetic state, Overt diabetes and Uncontrolled diabetes is a natural progression of catabolic sickness ( alongside defective anabolic state postprandial). An inability to switch off glucagon secretion postprandial. As a result the Insulin to glucagon (I/G) ratio post prandial follows a bell shaped curve (an initial increase during prediabetic state to reaching a plateau at onset of diabetes to progressive decline in uncontrolled diabetes). Therefore restoring the postprandial anabolic state and arresting the associated postprandial glycogenolysis and hepatic gluconeogenesis should be the objective of establishing normoglycemia and health. This is in contradiction to the conventional narration of the so called insulin resistance and deficiency being emphasised as the pathophysiology of prediabetic and diabetic state. The insulin resistance referred to in a type 2 diabetic patient is not an inaction of insulin or it's receptor but is a state of nonsuppressible secretion of glucagon by the alpha cells. In addition to breakdown of muscles, the hyperglucagonemia triggers the breakdown of adipose tissue. Reflected in significant loss in body weight. The ideal biomarker therefore for restoring health and anabolic state in type2 diabetics is postprandial I/G ratio.
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