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    Adults with type 2 diabetes and a BMI of 21 kg/m2 to 27 kg/m2 have high likelihood of diabetes remission if they lose 10% of their starting weight, researchers reported. “Type 2 diabetes is often considered to be ‘caused’ by a higher body mass index, and certainly there is a strong link between increasing weight, increasing BMI and the incidence of type 2 diabetes,” Alison

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    • Presented at #EASD2022: Individuals with #T2D and a BMI between 21 and 27 have good chances for #diabetes remission if they lose 10% of their starting weight. @EASDnews @UONnutrition https://t.co/0myfCiyHnS

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    A U.K. coalition of health care companies and agencies is working to reduce the environmental impact of health care, including diabetes management, according to a speaker at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. Fiona Adshead, MBBS, MSc, chair of the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, a partnership created by the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. to address

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    • ICYMI: “If you bring people together that can solve the system’s problems, you can find not only a common purpose, but you can learn from what clinicians and patients are doing." #EASD2022 @DrFionaAdshead @SustHCoalition @EASDnews https://t.co/D6Cu68n5hO

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    Norwegian study finds association of SARS-CoV-2 with type 1 diabetes if diagnosed over 30 days after infection, while Scottish study finds no such link. More data are needed.

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    • #EASD2022 One study found 60% increased risk for T1D at least 31 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection, while another only found an increased risk in the first few months of the pandemic. https://t.co/LROxY40JMz

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    A U.K. coalition of health care companies and agencies is working to reduce the environmental impact of health care, including diabetes management, according to a speaker at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. Fiona Adshead, MBBS, MSc, chair of the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, a partnership created by the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. to address

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    • Stakeholders must come together to come up with ways to reduce the carbon footprint of health care, according to a speaker at #EASD2022. @DrFionaAdshead @SustHCoalition @EASDnews https://t.co/D6Cu68n5hO

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    Worse glucose status and higher glycemia levels, even at the prediabetes stage, are associated with corneal nerve damage, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.“Neurodegeneration in diabetes is a hormone complication. There are two types of neurodegeneration: peripheral neurodegeneration like in cases of diabetic neuropathy and

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    • ICYMI: "Via the eye, we can observe a neurodegeneration, and we used a tool that is less complicated, precise, relatively less expensive and noninvasive.”#diabetes #EASD2022 @EASDnews https://t.co/bBEC13PTQE

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    The concept underwent successful testing in a recent trial of 457 patients with type 2 diabetes already on treatment with metformin or metformin plus a sulfonylurea but needed further glycemic control.

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    • Unsure which of several equally viable drug options is best for a specific patient with T2D? An effective approach is having the patient complete a serial trial with each option and then letting them decide which agent works best. #EASD2022 #MedTwitter https://t.co/CdJH0GL9Is

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    Worse glucose status and higher glycemia levels, even at the prediabetes stage, are associated with corneal nerve damage, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.“Neurodegeneration in diabetes is a hormone complication. There are two types of neurodegeneration: peripheral neurodegeneration like in cases of diabetic neuropathy and

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    • Having a more adverse #glucose metabolism and higher #glycemia levels were associated with corneal neurodegeneration, according to a population-based cross-sectional study presented at #EASD2022 @EASDnews https://t.co/bBEC13PTQE

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    People with diabetes are concerned about waste associated with therapy, and diabetes stakeholders must advocate for regulatory changes to address the problem, according to a speaker at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. “We, this means all of the diabetes community, have to take action when it comes to waste associated with diabetes therapy,” Lutz

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    • ICYMI: “Manufacturers should offer versions of their product with exactly what the patients need and not with additional parts. Patients should think about what they really need and which product generates the least amount of waste." #EASD2022 @EASDnews https://t.co/5ZrbIkc8Vf

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    Data from more than 380,000 people in the UK Biobank show waist-to-hip ratio predicted mortality risk from obesity better than BMI or fat mass index.

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    • New evidence continues to show that alternative measures of adiposity, such as waist-to-hip ratio, other than BMI, work better for predicting the risk a person with overweight or obesity faces from their excess weight. #EASD2022 #MedTwitter https://t.co/9Mdj9jV0PQ