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SGLT2 inhibitors potentially protective against dry eye disease
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors appear to be at lower risk of dry eye disease (DED) compared with their counterparts who are receiving glucagonlike peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), as shown in a study.

Lifestyle change lowers T2D risk in women with gestational diabetes mellitus history
Each additional optimal modifiable factor among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) significantly contributes to a reduction in type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk, suggests a recent study. These associations are also present among individuals who are overweight/obese or are at greater genetic susceptibility to T2D.

Elobixibat affords metabolic benefits in type 2 diabetes
In type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with constipation, treatment with elobixibat alleviates constipation while improving glucose metabolism and lowering serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and arachidonic acid (AA) levels, according to the results of a single-arm pilot study.

Evolocumab safety, efficacy affirmed in Arabic patients
PCSK9 inhibition with evolocumab produces clinically meaningful and sustained reductions in certain lipid parameters in a predominantly Arabic population of individuals with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and other non-FH indications, according to a study.

Frequent diet education, delivered by dietitians, helps improve diet in T2D patients
Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can benefit from a dietitian-led intensive dietary intervention, including frequent dietary education, which helps promote more healthful eating patterns, a recent study has found.

PDE5-I use poses no excess cardiovascular, mortality risk in diabetic men with ED
The presence of erectile dysfunction (ED) does not appear to confer an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in men with diabetes mellitus (DM), with comparable risk of adverse cardiovascular events among users and nonusers of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is), which are used to manage ED, according to a study.



