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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2021-001139 Prediabetes, a health condition with blood sugar levels higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes, increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease. In the US, about 11% of people with prediabetes will progress to type 2 diabetes annually.

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Recent Highlights in Ophthalmology: Glaucoma, Dry Eye, & More

Physician's Weekly

Obstructive Sleep Apnea & Diabetic Retinopathy In patients with diabetic retinopathy, obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, intravitreal injection, and stroke. To read more, click here. To read more, click here. To read more, click here. To read more, click here.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

This is like, back in 2013, and I joined the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. So when I joined Sinai In 2013, I was in a different form at that time. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt have no relationships to disclose.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. People who had had long standing relationships with their doctors wanted to change doctors. They once said every child, not every child but many children got diabetes from COVID.