February 23, 2021
Led by Klara Klein, MD, PhD, the study showed that treatment with 800mg of TTP399 demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c and clinically relevant reduction in the frequency of severe or symptomatic hypoglycemia.
November 4, 2020
Published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a paper co-authored by seven leading diabetes experts in Europe and the United Sates, including UNC’s John Buse, MD, PhD, warns against medical inertia that prevents physicians from helping patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiorenal disease.
August 20, 2020
Laura Young, MD, PhD, and Katherine Bergamo, FNP-C, are local principal investigators for two papers recently published in the Journal of American Medicine Association.
August 20, 2020
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, and Laura Young, MD, PhD, of the UNC School of Medicine are co-primary researchers of a study to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on glucose monitoring in primary care patients with diabetes.
June 16, 2020
Laura Young, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, was UNC’s principal investigator for this six-month clinical trial that shows the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) reduces serious levels of hypoglycemia compared with standard monitoring by daily use of blood glucose finger-stick test strips.
February 3, 2020
Zhen Gu, Ph.D., a former professor in the UNC/NSCU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, led animal studies, a precursor to human trials, for a new device to automatically manage glucose levels and deliver needed insulin quickly. UNC’s John Buse, MD, Ph.D., was co-author of the study.
December 23, 2019
John Buse, MD, PhD, is lead author of a 2019 update to previous diabetes care guidelines for type 2 diabetes, based on the latest clinical research.
November 14, 2019
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are studying innovative ways to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and weight loss in adults who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes but are not taking medications to manage their diabetes.
July 10, 2019
UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, with two in the top 20. UNC Children’s is ranked 16th in the nation for diabetes and endocrinology, and is also ranked 16th for pulmonology.
July 11, 2018
The American Diabetes Association featured UNC-Chapel Hill diabetes experts and leaders in a video presented at the ADA’s 78th Scientific Sessions this summer.
June 26, 2018
Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology Care Ranked Best in the Southeastern United States.
August 26, 2010
Looking at the ingredients label on a diet soda raises questions: What the heck is glycerol ester of wood rosin? Brominated vegetable oil? Phenylketonurics? More importantly, are diet sodas and these ingredients unhealthy? Susannah Southern, an outpatient dietitian in UNC’s Department of Family Medicine, walks us through the basics.