Grace Halsey

Primary care clinicians are critical to screening and caring for CKD. This "In brief" slide show reviews the 2 key lab tests used to diagnose the disease.

ENDO 2022: Findings from the long-term, real-world study of meds for maintenance of meaningful weight loss support wider uptake of the agents, authors say.

Baby Boomers had more chronic health conditions and more conditions at younger ages than older adults born at the end of the Great Depression.

ENDO 2022: The large US analysis found persons with prediabetes had increased odds for heart attack of 25%, for PCI of 45%, and had nearly double the risk of having CABG.

ADA 2022: Use of flash continuous glucose monitoring in T2D patients not on insulin also reduced HbA1c and glycemic variability, a new study finds.

ADA 2022. Tirzepatide was associated with significantly greater TIR, many fewer episodes of hypoglycemia, and less glycemic excursion vs insulin degludec in SURPASS-3 CGM.

ADA 2022: Primary care patients with T2D and HbA1c >7.5% achieved as much as a 1.5% drop in HbA1c after initiating real time continuous glucose monitoring.

ADA 2022: Reduction in risk of progression to type 2 diabetes of 60% was seen in STEP program clinical trial participants with overweight or obesity.

ADA 2022: Oral semaglutide may be particularly effective for T2D patients with HbA1c ≥9% and prescribed more frequently for these patients by primary care clinicians.

ADA 2022: The protective effect of finerenone on cardiovascular and renal outcomes was not affected by initial HbA1c levels or T2D duration in analysis of data from the FIDELITY pooled cohort.

ADA 2022: Professor Hiddo Heerspink led the prespecified SURPASS-4 analysis that found tirzepatide associated with a 41% reduction in risk of a composite renal outcome.

ADA 2022: In a real-world study of nearly half a million adults with T2D followed for 5 years, the SGLT-2 inhibitor surpassed both other classes used in routine clinical care.

ADA 2022: Tirzepatide led overall to weight loss of up to 22.5% of baseline body weight with persons taking the 15 mg dose losing an average of 52 pounds.

ADA 2022: Tirzepatide, a GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, reduced a composite of kidney events in patients with type 2 diabetes and at increased cardiovascular risk in an analysis of SURPASS-4.

DiabetesWise Pro lets clinicians compare diabetes devices for a specific patient and provides the steps for ordering the device based on insurance type.

The Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 is the smallest, thinnest, and most accurate 14-day CGM with a 7.9% MARD, the company says.

A new survey of youth aged 14 to 24 years provides significant support for integrating questions about social needs into routine clinical care.

The first study of its kind found that intensive blood pressure control may be most beneficial in older adults with life expectancy greater than 3 years vs less than 1 year.

One-half of more than 600 000 patients with ASCVD were not prescribed statins at all and only 22.5% were taking a high intensity statin, according to a recent study.

Early phase 2a study results of a combination of the 2 agents previously evaluated as NASH monotherapies led to the FDA award for Pfizer.

Initiating T2D treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor reduced risk for heart failure hospitalization compared to metformin in a new study; cardiovascular outcomes were similar.

The USPSTF is rumored to have moved screening for chronic kidney disease to a preventive service it is actively considering and the NFK says, "It's time."

Kosiborod, a cardiologist, and Skolnik, a family practitioner, agree no single specialty owns that prescription and that "it takes a village to care for a patient."

Among more than 3000 participants with prediabetes, neither metformin or lifestyle change reduced risk for CV events over 21 years according to Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study investigators.

The Labcorp home test, available without a prescription, is delivered overnight and includes a return envelope. Results are available in 1-2 days.

Compare, contrast, price shop, prescribe. DiabetesWise Pro developer Korey Hood, PhD, highlights the tool all primary care clinicians should try.

The CDC is encouraging parents of children in this age group to first finish a primary vaccination series, saying only 28% now are in that category.

In adults with type 2 diabetes seen in primary care, lowering glucose substantially during the first 12 months post-diagnosis decreased risk for future MACE.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, a cardiologist and Neil Skolnik, MD, a primary care physician, agree that whoever is seeing the patient should prescribe the drug that is needed.

ATS 2022: Dupilumab is often the first biologic agent prescribed for moderate-to-severe asthma according to analysis of a US database comprising more than 100 million patients.