glycosuria/obesity

Background & rationale Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have become available for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the U.S. in April 2013 (canagliflozin), January 2014 (dapagliflozin), and August 2014 (empagliflozin). In Italy, first-in-class dapagliflozin received

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), characterized by reduced whole-kidney glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and/or urinary protein leakage, is a feared complication of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). With severe consequences such as endstage kidney disease (ESKD) and renal death, and strongly linked to

Methods: A convenience sampling will be done for patients diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, who assist to the Obesity Clinic and meet the selection criteria. Data from patients that during the study protocol are called to undergo

Obesity is an underlying condition that predisposes to the development of several medical disorders and diseases. It is well appreciated that obesity has reached pandemic proportions in Western societies. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight

Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy [1]. It is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome for the mother, and the fetus with consequences regarding future health and development of the neonate. Maternal consequences

Obesity, and especially visceral/abdominal adiposity, is associated with diabetes and increased cardiovascular risk. In previous randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, dapagliflozin reduced total body weight, predominantly by reducing fat mass, visceral adipose tissue and sc adipose

Insulin resistance is one of the main causes of type 2 diabetes. Continuation of insulin resistance may lead to the failure of multiple oral antihyperglycemic medications in achieving glycemic control and the further requirement of escalading doses of insulin. On contrary, reduction of glucose

Together with obesity, diabetes is epidemic in the US (20) and worldwide (21). Increased body weight is both a risk factor for diabetes (22) and a consequence of initiation and intensification of insulin therapy, as illustrated in landmark diabetes control trials (1-3). Weight gain can worsen

The autoimmune process along with a strong genetic-mediated destruction and dysfunction of pancreatic β-cells are the main pathogeneses of type 1 diabetes. These processes cause absolute and relative insulin and amylin deficiencies. For the last decades, insulin therapy has been the primary therapy

PLAN: Women who present for prenatal care are routinely screened for gestational diabetes (GDM) with a one-hour 50gm oral glucose challenge test (GCT). This screening occurs at the first prenatal visit if risk factors (marked obesity, prior pregnancy affected by GDM, prior macrosomic infant,

T2DM has dramatically increased throughout the world in many ethnic groups and among people with diverse social and economic backgrounds. Over the last decade, the increase in the number of children and youth with T2DM has been labeled an "epidemic". Before the 1990s, it was rare for most pediatric