Diabetes – Page 3 – NCAL Research Spotlight

Use of insulin among older adults with type 2 diabetes not aligned with national guidelines

Listen on KP RESEARCH RADIO: “What we learned is that contrary to recommendations from leading societies, sicker patients were more likely to be on insulin, and over time were less likely to be discontinued from their insulin.” - Dr. Richard Grant, senior author of study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Minority racial and ethnic groups get diabetes at lower weights

September 19, 2019
Diabetes, Health disparities, Press Release
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Kaiser Permanente research finds members of U.S. ethnic and racial minority groups have diabetes at lower body mass index than white patients.

5 Questions for…Yeyi Zhu

September 19, 2019
5 Questions, Diabetes, Environmental exposure, Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Perinatal health, Women’s health
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Yeyi Zhu, PhD, wants to use big data analytics to improve women's and children's clinical care and health.

American Diabetes Association honors Kaiser Permanente researcher with its Norbert Freinkel Award

The American Diabetes Association’s 2019 Norbert Freinkel Award has been presented to Kaiser Permanente researcher Assiamira Ferrara, MD, PhD, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of diabetes in pregnancy.

5 Questions for…Julie Schmittdiel

November 5, 2018
5 Questions, Diabetes, Feature
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The math major-turned diabetes researcher now also leads several training programs, helping to form a new generation of researchers.

Delivering the Next Generation of Diabetes Scientists

October 31, 2018
Delivery Science, Diabetes, Prevention, Women’s health
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The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research has received a T32 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to train young scientists in translating research into practice for people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes.

Heart Health Improves After Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery

October 16, 2018
Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Obesity, Prevention
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People who were severely obese and had diabetes had 40 percent fewer heart attacks and strokes — and 67 percent fewer deaths — within 5 years after bariatric weight-loss surgery.

Traumatic Brain Injuries Associated with Increased Dementia Risk in People with Type 1 Diabetes

September 26, 2018
Dementia, Diabetes
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As people with type 1 diabetes age, new research from Kaiser Permanente shows how traumatic brain injury could be a risk factor for their developing dementia.

Partners of Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients More Likely to Adopt Healthy Behaviors

Partners of people with newly diagnosed diabetes are more likely to improve their health behaviors than partners of people without the disease, according to a large new Kaiser Permanente study published today in Annals of Family Medicine.

Expensive Insulin Analogs Perform No Better Than NPH Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes

June 23, 2018
Comparative Effectiveness Research, Diabetes, Pharmacoepidemiology
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For patients with type 2 diabetes in usual practice, the use of the more expensive insulin analogs did not appear to result in better safety or better blood sugar control compared with NPH insulin.