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Intensive Blood Pressure Regimen Lowers CVD Risk for People With Diabetes

By Connor Iapoce

November 19th 2024

Reducing systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mmHg lowered the risk of major cardiovascular events for most people with type 2 diabetes in the Blood Pressure Control Target in Diabetes trial.

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Young Adults With Low Incomes Have Higher Diabetes Mortality Risk

By Hayden E. Klein

November 14th 2024

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Contributor: The Diabetes Vendor Resource Guide—A Useful Directory for Employers

By Elzbieta Dziekonski, RN

November 13th 2024

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Rethinking Diabetes Care: Are New Therapies Adding Value or Cost?

By Hayden E. Klein

November 5th 2024

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How Neighborhood Social Needs Drive Diabetes Care Disparities

By Hayden E. Klein

October 18th 2024

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January 29th 2016

Maternal Obesity, Diabetes Linked to Autism in Children

Laura Joszt, MA

Study finds a link between maternal obesity and diabetes and a significant increase in the risk of autism spectrum disorder in children.

January 28th 2016

FDA Advocates for Diversity in Clinical Trials

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

The FDA has created the Drug Trial Snapshot, which provides details on the demographic profiles of participants in clinical trials of approved drugs.

January 28th 2016

10 Kentucky Health Systems Form Collaborative

The announcement said the collaborative seeks to raise the standards of care, address poor health statistics and find savings.

January 28th 2016

WHO Calls for Soda Taxes, Marketing Limits to Fight Childhood Obesity

The report comes in a year of increased attention to the global obesity and diabetes crisis.

January 27th 2016

Stem Cell Work Advances Toward Device That Would Shield Insulin-Producing Cells From Attack

The mission is to eliminate daily insulin injections as well as complications for persons with type 1 diabetes.

Dr David Brumley on the Importance of Keeping Patients in Focus at PCDC

January 26th 2016

Dr David Brumley on the Importance of Keeping Patients in Focus at PCDC

With all the complexity in healthcare, it can be easy to lose track of what is important, which is helping the patient. However, Patient-Centered Diabetes Care brings the patient back into focus, David Brumley, MD, senior medical director at Tufts Health Plan, said after the 2015 meeting in Boston.

January 26th 2016

Screen All Adults for Depression, USPSTF Recommends

The update calls on primary care practices and health plans to have places to send those patients who screen positive for depression.

January 25th 2016

Case-Mix Adjustment for Diabetes Indicators: A Systematic Review

Hiske Calsbeek, PhD, RN Joekie G.M. Markhorst, MD, MSc Gerlienke E. Voerman, MD, PhD Joz&eacute C.C. Braspenning, PhD

A systematic review of the impact and rationale for the selection of adjustment factors (case-mix factors) used to describe performance in diabetes care.

January 25th 2016

Why Is Dialysis Starting Earlier? Are Patients Being Heard?

Researchers found that physicians often seized the "opportunity" to start dialysis if patients were in the hospital for other illnesses.

This Week in Managed Care: January 23, 2016

January 23rd 2016

This Week in Managed Care: January 23, 2016

Top managed care stories this week included UnitedHealth reporting larger-than-expected losses on Affordable Care Act health plans, new guidelines from the government that will improve patient access to medical records, and new information that can reduce risk of diabetes.

January 22nd 2016

High-Cost Patients Split in 3 Camps, Based on Insurance Status

The profile of high-cost patients in a Massachusetts ACO differed greatly, depending on their enrollment in Medicare, Medicaid, or a commercial plan.

January 22nd 2016

PSA Campaign, Online Test Target Adults With Prediabetes

The program seeks to reach an estimated 86 million Americans who have prediabetes, almost all whom don't know they have it.

January 21st 2016

What We're Reading: Christie Vetoes Diabetes Prevention Program

A pocket veto ends hopes of Medicaid coverage for the Diabetes Prevention Program, MannKind partners with a pain medication manufacturer, and Governor Terry Branstad finds more Medicaid managed care woes.

January 20th 2016

Senate Panel to Discuss School Lunch Compromise

More that a year after Congress first delayed upcoming rules on salt and whole grains, a new agreement takes the rougher edges off the school lunch program while preserving current limits on sodium. But it opens the door for a lobbying frenzy at USDA on "a la carte" foods.

January 19th 2016

Sleeping in on Weekends Can Reduce Diabetes Risk

The University of Colorado study adds to the growing concern that sleep deprivation is connected to rising rates of diabetes and obesity.

January 18th 2016

Understanding Racial Disparities in Patients With Hyperglycemia and Diabetes

Black patients tend to have higher rates of hyperglycemia and diabetes compared with white patients. However, the factors that contribute to such racial disparities in the hospital in diabetes-related conditions are still not clear.

January 18th 2016

What's the Best Way to Reduce Sugar Intake on a National Scale?

Two new studies highlight different approaches to cut sugar intake through soda for children and adults in an attempt to reduce overweight and obesity.

January 15th 2016

Warning Labels Might Keep Parents From Buying Soda, Study Finds

Warning labels on soda might have less consumer resistance than taxes or portion limits, the study found.

January 15th 2016

5 Takeaways From the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

All this week, the healthcare industry, especially analysts and investors, focused their attention on presentations by CEOs and CFOs at the 34th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.

January 14th 2016

MedPAC Recommends Congress Cut Part B Reimbursement for 340B Entities

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment rates for hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program has been approved 14-3 by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

January 14th 2016

Closing the Gap on Health Inequality

Harvey W. Kaufman, MD, MBA, FCAP

Access to testing for early diagnosis of chronic conditions, and use of data to find care gaps, will reduce health disparities.

January 13th 2016

No Association Found Between DPP-4 Inhibitors and Heart Failure in Review of Claims Data

Last year, an FDA advisory panel called for an updated label for saxagliptin, but the agency is still gathering information.

January 12th 2016

Kentucky's Bevin Tells Feds He's Dismantling Exchange

Rates of uninsured dropped faster than almost anywhere in the nation, but Kynect is part of "Obamacare," and the new Republican Governor Matt Bevin has vowed that it must go. Advocates have a lot of questions about how hard-to-target populations will be reached and whether grant funds will have to be repaid.

January 12th 2016

American Girl Type 1 Diabetes Kit Applauded by Parents, Educators

The kit began with a petition from an 11-year-old girl with T1D who wanted a doll that looked "just like me."

January 11th 2016

Louisiana's New Governor Wants Medicaid Expansion in Place by July 1

The state's new secretary of Health and Hospitals said she will need to hire 248 workers to replace those let go under former Governor Bobby Jindal if her agency is to enroll all those expected to pursue coverage under expansion.

January 11th 2016

NIH Awards $2M to Study Long-Term Obesity Intervention in Kids

The principal investigator at Seattle Children's said prior work has shown that intensive interventions can be effective in fighting obesity, but they are rarely covered by insurance.

January 10th 2016

Top Healthcare News: New Dietary Guidelines and Cancer Treatment Advances

The latest developments across the healthcare landscape and key upcoming conferences to attend.

January 9th 2016

Should We Tax Unhealthy Foods and Drinks?

Researchers examine the policy of taxing unhealthy foods and drinks in order to reduce rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other conditions linked to poor eating habits.

January 9th 2016

Trial Tests Safety of Promising Therapy for Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

A recent safety trial has found a promising new therapy for type 1 diabetes that uses patients’ own regulatory T-cells instead of the usual immunosuppressive drugs to protect beta cells.

This Week in Managed Care: January 9, 2016

January 9th 2016

This Week in Managed Care: January 9, 2016

Top managed care stories include Sanofi ending its deal to market Afrezza, Aetna cut ties with America's Health Insurance Plans, and a new study found bankruptcy looms large for cancer survivors.

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