Type 2 diabetes can damage your body’s large blood vessels, causing plaque to eventually build up and potentially leading to a heart attack, stroke, or vessel blockage in the legs (peripheral vascular disease). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults with diabetes ar...
TYPE 2 diabetesGLUCOSECHOLESTEROLThe benefits of the newer antidiabetic agents available for managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remain indisputable, but many patients will require insulin therapy in the disease course. Given the limited access to newer antidiabetic agents, insu...
Afrezza, a rapid-acting inhaled insulin, is FDA-approved for use before meals for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The drug peaks in your blood in about 15-20 minutes and it clears your body in 2-3 hours. It must be used along with long-acting insulin in people with type 1 diabete...
The evidence base for the efficacy of insulin pump therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been inconsistent to date. However, a recent large-scale randomized controlled trial comparing pump treatment with multiple daily insulin injections in patients with poorly controlled T2DM has shown subs...
Weekly Insulin May Be as Effective as Once Daily for Type 2 Diabetes Samantha Anderer JAMA. 2024;332(17):1417. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.20116 Full Text Slow-acting basal insulin, typically injected daily, can help stabilize glucose levels between meals in individuals with diabetes. But results fr...
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that you will always have, but you can live a long and healthy life by learning how to manage it. How is type 2 diabetes diagnosed? Most likely you found out that you have diabetes when you saw your doctor for a regular checkup or for some other problem...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded approval of an automated insulin delivery system to include its use for people with type 2 diabetes
Most older people with so-called type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) could stop taking insulin (胰岛素) if they would do brisk (轻快的) exercise for 30 minutes just three times a week, according to new medical research results reported in a Copenhagen newspaper. Results from tests conducted on diabetics...
Natalie, can you tell us a little bit about some of the different types of insulin formulations that are available for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes? Natalie Bellini, DNP, FNP-BC: There is background insulin that we need to hold blood sugar steady. The way I teach this to ...
5 In patients with type 2 diabetes, minimal to no distinct advantages in using analog insulins over human insulins have been observed in the head-to-head trials that have been done for glycemic-lowering efficacy.6,7 Nonetheless, analog insulins may offer greater flexibility and be more ...