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Combination therapy with sodium-glucose transporter inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP1ra) prevents heart failure and improves long-term survival in a real-world population as compared with SGLT2i or GLP1ra monotherapy, according to a study.

Infants born to mothers with prepregnancy obesity are at risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), with the risk increase commensurate with maternal BMI, according to a large US nationwide cohort study.

The antilipidemic drug fenofibrate averts or delays diabetic retinopathy (DR) in diabetes patients with early retinal changes in the LENS trial, potentially paving the way for the least invasive route of drug delivery in this population.

In a prespecified secondary analysis of the SELECT trial, long-term treatment with semaglutide allows more patients with prediabetes to regress to normoglycaemia while reducing progression to diabetes in some patients. However, semaglutide does not slow glycaemic progression over time.

Older adults with diabetes and hypertension who regularly take their medications tend to have fewer hospitalizations or visits to the emergency room (ER), reports a study.