Diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a potentially devastating complication of diabetes because of the risk of developing blindness. While therapies to prevent blindness are improving, in much of the world visual impairment continues to occur and impact on the lives of people with diabetes and the societies they live in (1,2). Glycemic control has been shown

Prevention of type 1 diabetes has been brought closer to reality through the ability to identify populations at increased risk and through therapies that can modify the disease course (1). Identification of those who are at risk is based on the detection of diabetes-related autoantibodies (Ab) that can be found many years before clinical diagnosis.

The worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to increase, despite the established efficacy of T2D prevention interventions. Identifying individuals at high risk and making them the focus of preventive interventions may reduce the incidence of diabetes and global disease burden. We recently showed that T2D risk assessment in white middle-aged men and women

The population of New Zealand includes a high proportion of Maori (Indigenous Polynesian) and Pacific (Pasifika) people, who have been shown to experience worse type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) outcomes than New Zealand Europeans (NZE), a phenomenon persisting for >20 years (1). It remains unclear which metabolic targets are not being achieved concurrent with these

More than 30 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and approximately 7.4 million (30% of those with diabetes) regularly use one or more insulin formulations. For those who rely on it, i.e., all patients with type 1 diabetes and many patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin is a lifesaving medication. Between 2007 and 2016,

Baseline albuminuria in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is strongly associated with progressive deterioration in kidney function (1). The remission of microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity attenuates the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (2). In the Microvascular Outcomes after Metabolic Surgery (MOMS) randomized controlled trial (RCT) (3), we demonstrated

COVID-19, Inflammation, Obesity, and Diabetes Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) viral infection, like other infections, triggers an inflammatory response that is usually confined to the respiratory system. However, there is evidence that in a full-blown case, almost all systems of the body may be involved. In addition, there is the syndrome of cytokine storm, characterized by

Abstract The worldwide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been an unprecedented pandemic. Early on, even as the signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were first characterized, significant concerns were articulated regarding its potential impact on people with chronic disease, including type 1 diabetes. Information about the basic and

Abstract Eighteen months into the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic, epidemiologic studies indicate that diabetes is a central contributor to severe COVID-19 morbidity, and, conversely, COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the population with diabetes. In this literature synthesis, we summarize the relationship of diabetes to COVID-19–related

Linoleic acid (LA) is the major polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in Western diets; e.g., it accounts for almost 90% of PUFA intake in the U.S. diet (1). Intake levels as a percentage of total energy have increased over time in the U.S. (2), with mean intake being right within the range recommended by the U.S.

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death worldwide (1). In 2019, 20.3% of all adult female deaths and 18.2% of all adult male deaths were attributed to high systolic blood pressure (SBP) globally (1). Population-based surveys from diverse settings have shown that many adults with high blood pressure (BP) are not appropriately diagnosed

Hot oil–based frying is a popular cooking method that makes food more appealing in texture and aromatic, thus improving palatability. Fried foods are considered unhealthy because frying may increase the energy density of foods and therefore energy intakes as well as deteriorate oils through the process of oxidation and hydrogenation, leading to a loss of

Accurate surveillance of diabetes is crucial for establishing relevant policies of diabetes prevention and control. Previous studies estimated the trends in diabetes among adults in the U.S.; however, many did not consider results of the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (1), and those studies that included the OGTT results reported a higher prevalence of undiagnosed

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have delayed care for chronic disease (1). We sought to examine factors associated with total and virtual health care use for primary care visits for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) during the pandemic. Using our electronic medical record, we identified patients in the Cleveland Clinic Health System

Although recent clinical trials of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use have shown positive glycemic benefit (1,2), outcomes outside the research setting may differ and real-world studies over a long time period are limited. In April 2017, CGM was fully subsidized in Australia for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) <21 years. Perth Children’s Hospital

Diabetes is a major risk factor for death in those with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection (1). However, even those with diabetes who do not have a COVID-19 infection have an increased risk for mortality compared with those without diabetes (2). In the current study, we focused on hospitalized patients with diabetes and compared those

The data presented by Dunne et al. (1,2) are clear and add to the growing literature describing hurdles faced by women in health care and academia. Gender disparities are evident in diabetes-related professions, and in the structure of diabetes associations and governmental research funding sources, these disparities are unfortunately no surprise. As pointed out by

To change the future you need a firm grip on history. Successful implementation of strategies to catalyze evolution of gender parity requires a coherent plan with clear deliverables. The article by Dunne et al. (1,2), simultaneously published in Diabetes and Diabetes Care, provides a much-needed foundation that defines the scope of the problem within the

Introduction Over one-half of the population self-identifies as female (1). Nearly 60% of individuals earning undergraduate and master’s degrees in the U.S. are female. Women are also well represented among persons earning MD degrees (47%) and PhD degrees in biological sciences (49%) (2,3). However, while women enter these academic pipelines at near-equal rates, they remain

Early Years Daniel H. Mintz Fig. 1 was born in Far Rockaway, New York, in 1930 to European Jewish parents, Jacob and Fanny, and grew up on Long Island, New York, where his parents immigrated in the early 1900s. In his youth he excelled both in sports (basketball) and academically; he was accepted as a

We welcome Drs. Foer and Cahill sharing their recent findings (1,2) on the association of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists with fewer respiratory disease exacerbations and providing their perspective on our study (3). One of the main challenges researchers encounter when conducting comparative effectiveness studies of glucose-lowering agents is selecting the most appropriate comparator (4).

We read with interest the article by Albogami et al. (1) on the association of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and respiratory exacerbations among patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD). In particular, the main conclusion that GLP-1RA initiation may be associated with a subsequent decrease in respiratory exacerbations echoes our findings