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Diabetes
Inside Chronic Diseases: COVID-19 and Diabetes
February 10, 2021
Diabetes education has shifted from in-person classes to Zoom meetings.
Glucose Lowering Medications Less Likely Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries
February 01, 2021
Commercial health insurance plan enrollees are more likely to take glucose-lowering medications.
Majority of Diabetes Patients Would Adopt Remote Digital Monitoring
January 13, 2021
The findings are encouraging for future use of remote digital monitoring.
Digital Health App for Diabetes May Reduce Healthcare Costs
December 16, 2020
Digital health apps offer solutions to improve diabetes self-management.
AHA: Fauci Says Long-term Follow Up Needed to Understand COVID-19 Effects
November 18, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci addresses the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
After Setbacks, Good News for Sotagliflozin in Heart Failure, CKD
November 17, 2020
After an FDA denial and a lost sponsor, sotagliflozin shows it can cut cardiovascular events and possibly treat a form of heart failure that has no approved therapies.
AHA: Four in Five Heart Failure Patients Fit Criteria for Farxiga
November 13, 2020
The findings are the first in a series of six studies involving a registry supported by drug makers in the diabetes, cardiovascular, and heart failure space.
Flu Shots Are More Important Than Ever for People with Diabetes, ASCVD
October 14, 2020
Flu increases the risk of heart attack, especially among people with diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). COVID-19 and the possibility of co-infection makes getting vaccinated against the flu particularly important this year.
Anti-VEGF Therapy for Diabetic Retinopathy Gets to the Root Cause
September 14, 2020
Drugs block the formation of tiny blood vessels in the retina that are prone to breaking open, resulting in bleeds that can cause serious vision impairment and blindness, explains ADA chief scientific and medical officer, Robert Gabbay, in this conclusion of a four-part video series.
Tackling Diabetes While Curbing Costs
July 23, 2020
Three healthcare organizations provide models for managing the disease and keeping a close eye on the bottom line.
Is Combination Therapy on the Horizon in Diabetic Macular Edema?
July 12, 2020
Patients with diabetic macular edema whose vision remains impaired even with the best available treatments may soon have a combination therapy.
Vascepa's Benefits For People With Diabetes Seen Amid Settlement of Patent Dispute
June 16, 2020
Results from REDUCE-IT trial presented at the ADA meeting show that the fish-oil pill is associated with cardiovascular disease protection among patients with diabetes.
Diabetes Management & Telehealth with Leslie Kolb
June 11, 2020
Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, chief science and practice officer, Leslie Kolb chats with MHE Associate Editor Briana Contreras in MHE's newest podcast Tuning into the C-Suite about diabetes management and how it's affected by the use of telehealth, especially during the current and trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Diabetes Self-Management in a COVID-19 World
June 01, 2020
Diabetes: The Quiet Epidemic That Is Not Going Away
April 13, 2020
Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, mostly with the type 2 variety linked with being overweight or obese.
21st Century-Style Diabetes Disease Management: Coaches and Tech-Enabled
April 09, 2020
Several Blues plans have contracted with vendors that supply tech-enabled diabetes disease management and prevention programs. Sometimes the tech is combined with coaching - by a real, live human being.
Out-of-Pocket Costs for Diabetes Medicine Eliminated
January 31, 2020
New plan from CVS Caremark eliminates member cost as a barrier to medications without raising costs for benefits, premiums or deductibles.
Diabetes Drug Costs Drive Non-Adherence
November 11, 2019
A survey of diabetes educators reveals challenges faced by patients with diabetes who can’t afford their drugs.