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Anchor lead: In people with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery can help people avoid heart attacks and strokes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk for heart attacks and strokes, as well as other complications …
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Anchor lead: What is the role of newer diabetes medicines in managing the condition? Elizabeth Tracey reports Newer diabetes medicines use a number of acronyms to describe them, and are largely used after the first line therapy, metformin, isn’t working …
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Anchor lead: Should type 2 diabetes be subcategorized? Elizabeth Tracey reports Type 2 diabetes should be divided into five subtypes, each with different characteristics and likely to respond to different management strategies. That’s according to a recent study in the …
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Anchor lead: For people with diabetes who need insulin and other expensive drugs, help may be on the horizon, Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s no question that managing diabetes can be very expensive, with test strips, many oral medications and insulin …
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Anchor lead: New guidelines have been released for the management of diabetes, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have diabetes you will likely be hearing about new guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns …
