Lilly Introduces Insulin Value Program in Response to COVID-19
Lilly announced the launch of its Insulin Value Program to assist patients with or without commercial insurance with filling their monthly insulin prescriptions for $35.
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Mood Disorders With HIV Increase Risk for Noncommunicable Disease
Focused prevention and treatment of noncommunicable diseases may reduce the burden of multimorbidity in people living with HIV who have mood disorders and multimorbidity.
Antimalarials May Cut Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Lupus Patients
Adherence to antimalarials may offer a protective effect against type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Detecting and Predicting Progression of Subclinical Vascular Damage in PLWHIV
While current cardiovascular risk scores can identify subclinical vascular damage in people living with HIV, they fail to predict progression of such damage.
Risk for Skin Infections, Diabetes Increase With Statin Use
Study shows mechanism of statins can induce onset of diabetes
Inverse Association Between Cannabis Use and Diabetes in Chronic HCV Infection
In a large cross-sectional study of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, cannabis use was inversely associated with diabetes.
Trends in Rates of Hospitalized Infections Among Adults With Diabetes vs Those Without
There is a need to improve infectious risk mitigation in adults with diabetes because they are hospitalized for infections between 2.6 and 15.7 times as often as adults without diabetes, depending on the type of infection.
Higher Frequency of C albicans After Root Canals in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Patients with a long-term history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) carried Candida albicans in their dental root canals more frequently when they have a primary endodontic infection.
Patients With T2DM Who Have Flu More Likely to Be Hospitalized
The risk for hospitalization with pandemic influenza is higher for patients with type 2 diabetes than for those without type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes Prevalent Among People Living With HIV
Approximately 1 in 5 people with HIV also has prevalent DM, and control of hemoglobin A1c levels in these patients may have a beneficial effect on CD4 counts.
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