All articles tagged: Prediabetes (R73.03)

Maintaining several years of nondiabetes status after impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) diagnosis is associated with a significantly lower risk for poor long-term outcomes, according to a study published online July 9 in PLOS Medicine.Xin Qian, from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beiji

Semaglutide reduces cardiovascular events, regardless of baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), among people with overweight or obesity and established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online June 22 in Diabetes Care.Ildiko Lingvay, M.D., from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Da

The gut microbiome has a potential functional role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online June 25 in Nature Medicine.Zhendong Mei, Ph.D., from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and colleagues analyzed 8,117 shotgun metagenomes from 10 cohorts of individuals with T2D, prediabetes, and

Intermittent fasting may be a more effective intervention than drugs for people with early diabetes and either obesity or overweight, according to a study published online June 21 in JAMA Network Open.Lixin Guo, M.D., from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues evaluated the effect of intermittent fasti

Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the conversion from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, held from June 9 to 13 in San Diego.John Nguyen-Lee, M.D., from the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and colleagues eval

Metformin, a frontline treatment for type 2 diabetes, has long been a pharmaceutical mainstay, with over 91 million prescriptions in 2021 alone. However, recent evidence suggests that metformin's efficacy extends beyond diabetes management, encompassing various conditions such as cancer, obesity, liver disease, cardiovascular issues, neurodegenerative disorders, and renal diseases. As research exp

Use of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist liraglutide exerts weight loss-independent, GLP-1R-dependent effects on insulin sensitivity, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Diabetes.Mona Mashayekhi, M.D., Ph.D., from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues examined whet

For women in midlife, prediabetes before the menopause transition (MT) is associated with increased risk of incident fracture during and after the transition, according to a study published online May 23 in JAMA Network Open.Albert Shieh, M.D., from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles, and

Prediabetes is highly prevalent in adult survivors of childhood cancer and is associated with future cardiovascular and kidney complications, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Stephanie B. Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and colle