Julie Schulz, MD, MPH, Physician Executive, Product leader, and VP of Product, and Michael Dovidio, PharmD, Product Manager at Avalon Healthcare Solutions, discuss why leveraging cardiometabolic lab values instead of BMI to determine coverage for GLP-1 drugs would improve prescription allocation for diabetic and obese patients. ...
Disparities in Diabetes
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Both redlining and lower food access were directly associated with higher prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.
Dr. Luke Twelves, VP of Medical for Lindus Health discusses the lack of diversity in type 2 diabetes clinical trials.
Children who were overweight or obese had a greater risk of a new diabetes diagnosis within 6 months of COVID-19 infection.
A telehealth-based program improved preventative care of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.
Older men had higher rates of mortality due to coexisting diabetes and heart failure than older women.
Early-onset intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy was an independent risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus.
Disparities in diabetes care in the US vary by state.
Very high HDL cholesterol levels are associated with a 38% increased risk of heart disease in patients with diabetes.
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