Outcomes worse for children with type 1 diabetes who are Black
Black children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience disparities in health outcomes compared with other racial and ethnic groups with similar neighborhood opportunity profiles,...
Black children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience disparities in health outcomes compared with other racial and ethnic groups with similar neighborhood opportunity profiles,...
Rural patients identifying as Black have more than a 10 percent absolute increased risk for major leg amputation or death compared with the overall...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black people with diabetes were more likely to develop cases of a life-threatening complication called diabetic ketoacidosis during the pandemic,...
3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License In a recent study published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Alabama...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study led by UC Davis has found significant differences in gut bacteria between Black and white women, even after...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The gap in the use of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) among Black and white Medicare beneficiaries widened from 2017-2019, according to...
A person’s waist size (circumference) is a better predictor of future type 2 diabetes than A1C level (a measure of long-term blood glucose control)...
Credit: DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4945 Certain racial and ethnic minorities develop type 2 diabetes at a younger age than white Americans, meaning current diabetes screening and...
Measuring waist circumference may be an essential way to help predict who will develop diabetes among Black people with normal blood sugar levels, according...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Austin resident Betty Williams, 82, lost her big toe on her right foot to diabetes. Looking back, she said she...