February 12, 2025
Diabetes Can Drive the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.
Category: Diabetes
February 12, 2025
Semaglutide Shows Promise in Reducing Cravings for Alcohol, Heavy Drinking
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial finds that low-dose semaglutide reduces amount of alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and heavy drinking days. Reductions in cigarettes per day were also seen.
October 23, 2024
A New Therapy to Prevent or Delay Type 1 Diabetes Now Available at UNC Children’s Hospital
Nina Jain, MD, MBA, professor of pediatric endocrinology, and Ali Calikoglu, MD, retired professor of pediatrics, both at the UNC School of Medicine, played a pivotal role in getting this therapy to the bedside, from assisting with clinical trials to the infusion of the first pediatric patient in North Carolina at UNC Children’s.
May 15, 2024
Four Scholars Named to Physician Scientist Training Program
Brooke Matson, Jeremy Meier, Brittany Raffa, and Shivani Sud will receive support from the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientists Training Program to cultivate their careers as translational clinical scientists.
February 26, 2024
A Newborn Genetic Screening Study Reaches New Milestone
A research study named Early Check has screened 1,000 newborns after birth in an effort to help identify rare conditions early, provide treatment, give parents educational information, and connect families with specialists throughout the state of North Carolina.
July 11, 2023
UNC Department of Family Medicine Authors Second Edition of Chronic Illness Care Textbook
Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.
June 26, 2023
Higher Doses of Oral Semaglutide Improves Blood Sugar Control and Weight Loss
A multicenter, randomized, phase 3b trial, done in collaboration with a UNC School of Medicine researcher, found that once-daily oral semaglutide taken at higher doses of 25mg and 50mg improved regulation of blood sugar levels and weight loss compared to the standard 14 mg dose.
March 20, 2023
Metformin Combined with Insulin Does Not Reduce Pregnancy Outcome Risks Compared to Placebo
The study, which was conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill between 2016 and 2022, concluded that metformin use did not reduce risks for adverse neonatal outcomes in pregnancies with type 2 diabetes. The study findings were reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine in February.
November 16, 2022
Living with Type 1 Diabetes: Izzy Shares Her Story
11-year-old Izzy Dixon is sharing her story on how she is managing her Type 1 diabetes at a young age. Hear her story and how experts at UNC Children's guided her on her journey to wellness.
September 28, 2022
Bionic Pancreas Improves Type 1 Diabetes Management Compared to Standard Insulin Delivery Methods
This nationwide clinical trial funded through the National Institutes of Health including participation from patients at the UNC Diabetes Center, led by John Buse, MD, PhD.
September 22, 2022
Two Popular Diabetes Drugs Outperform Two Others in Head-to-Head Comparison
The national GRADE study, with leadership and participation from UNC School of Medicine's John Buse, MD, PhD, and Sue Kirkman, MD, found that two of four common type 2 diabetes treatments -- glargine and liraglutide -- worked better than the other drugs, sitagliptin and glimepiride, to maintain blood glucose levels.
April 28, 2022
Donahue, Young Awarded NIH Grant to Study Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, and Laura Young, MD, PhD, received a grant from the National Institute of Health to increase uptake of diabetes self-management education. The study will focus on two factors: provider and diabetes care and education specialist engagement with patients, and patient peer support.