Covid Infection Can Trigger Type 2 Diabetes In Some People
A large study has found that people who had covid were 40% more likely to receive a new diagnosis of diabetes compared to those who weren't infected, the Wall Street Journal and others reported.
The Wall Street Journal:
New Research Shows Higher Risk Of Developing Diabetes After Covid-19 Infection
A large new study found that people who recovered from Covid-19 within the past year are 40% more likely to receive a new diagnosis of diabetes compared to those who weren’t infected. The increased risk translates into 1% of people who have had Covid-19 developing diabetes who otherwise wouldn’t have, the study’s author says, resulting in potentially millions of new cases world-wide. (Reddy, 3/21)
The Washington Post:
Covid Infection Associated With A Greater Likelihood Of Type 2 Diabetes, According To Patient Record Review
People who had covid-19 were at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes within a year than those who managed to avoid the coronavirus, according to a large review of patient records released Monday. The finding is true even for people who had less severe or asymptomatic forms of coronavirus infection, though the chances of developing new-onset diabetes were greater as the severity of covid symptoms increased, according to researchers who reviewed the records of more than 181,000 Department of Veterans Affairs patients diagnosed with coronavirus infections between March 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021. (Bernstein, 3/21)
The Lancet:
Risks And Burdens Of Incident Diabetes In Long COVID: A Cohort Study
There is growing evidence suggesting that beyond the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, people with COVID-19 could experience a wide range of post-acute sequelae, including diabetes. However, the risks and burdens of diabetes in the post-acute phase of the disease have not yet been comprehensively characterised. To address this knowledge gap, we aimed to examine the post-acute risk and burden of incident diabetes in people who survived the first 30 days of SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Xie and Al-Aly, 3/21)
In news about diabetes treatments —
Pharmaphorum:
FDA Sets August Decision Date For Provention's Type 1 Diabetes Drug
Provention is seeking approval of teplizumab as a treatment to delay clinical type 1 diabetes in at-risk individuals, hoping the drug can become the first disease-modifying therapy in these patients. The FDA asked for more data on the antibody’s pharmacokinetics (PK) when it turned it down last year, saying it was unconvinced by a bridging study designed to show equivalence between Provention’s product, made by contract manufacturer AGC Biologics, and the drug that teplizumab’s original developer Eli Lilly used in clinical trials. (Taylor, 3/2
The Boston Globe:
Could A 100-Year-Old Vaccine Treat Type 1 Diabetes? MGH Researchers Are Working To Find Out
For more than 100 years, it’s been jabbed into the arms of children around the world to fend off tuberculosis. Now, a researcher at MGH is testing whether this very old vaccine could help lower blood sugar levels in children with Type 1 diabetes. The research, led by Dr. Denise Faustman, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Immunobiology Laboratory, is in its early stages and has proved to be controversial among diabetes researchers and interest groups. But evidence is growing that the vaccine, called bacillus Calmette Guérin or BCG, can do more than prevent TB. Annually, 100 million doses of the vaccine are given to newborns in 84 percent of the world’s countries. Because TB isn’t common in the United States, children here do not receive the vaccine. (Bartlett, 3/21)
Also —
Hometown Stations:
March 22nd Is Diabetes Alert Day And Good Time To Check If You Are At Risk For The Disease
The American Diabetes Association is issuing a wake-up call to see if you are at risk of having diabetes. About 1 in 5 people in the United States who are living with diabetes are unaware that they even have the disease, and that ratio goes to 8 out of 10 people who have prediabetes and don’t realize it. So, the association has called March 22nd, Diabetes Alert Day, for people to check to see if they are at higher risk for developing the disease. “So, we know that if someone is more overweight or obese, if they have a family history of diabetes, or if they are just not very active puts people at bigger risk of developing prediabetes or diabetes,” says Emily Blackmore, Certified Nurse Practitioner at the Lima Memorial Diabetic Center. (Cummins, 3/21)
Insider:
Eat Carbs In The Morning To Live Longer With Diabetes, Study Says
If you have diabetes, eating more carbs in the morning and leafy greens at night may help you live longer, according to new research published March 15 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Researchers from Harbin Medical University in China looked at data from 4642 Americans with diabetes over 11 years of follow up as part of the NHANES study. They compared eating habits, based on 24-hour food questionnaires, with levels of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality over time. (Landsverk, 3/21)
