Publications by authors named "K Hannah"
Aims: In 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released proposed changes to Medicare's continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) coverage policy, making individuals with a history of problematic hypoglycaemia eligible for CGM coverage, irrespective of insulin use. This study estimated the burden of hypoglycaemia in Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analysed US healthcare claims data using Optum's deidentified Clinformatics® database.
The structure of event knowledge plays a critical role in prediction, reconstruction of memory for personal events, construction of possible future events, action, language usage, and social interactions. Despite numerous theoretical proposals such as scripts, schemas, and stories, the highly variable and rich nature of events and event knowledge have been formidable barriers to characterizing the structure of event knowledge in memory. We used network science to provide insights into the temporal structure of common events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Some people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) require intensive insulin therapy to manage their diabetes. This can increase the risk of diabetes-related hospitalizations. We hypothesize that initiation of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM), which continuously measures a user's glucose values and provides threshold- and trend-based alerts, will reduce diabetes-related emergency department (ED) and inpatient hospitalizations and concomitant costs.
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- - Linear woody features (LWFs), such as hedgerows, enhance wildlife habitats and biodiversity, particularly benefiting bird populations in agricultural landscapes.
- - A study of 45 bird species in eastern Ontario revealed that 44% of the species had higher local abundances where LWFs were present, with overall community effects being positive, especially for forest and shrubland birds.
- - LWFs can increase bird abundance by an estimated 20% in regions with intensive agriculture, but they are less beneficial in areas with existing habitat diversity; negatively affected species often prefer intact forests or open grasslands.
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- Patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for fluctuating blood sugar levels, which can lead to serious health issues requiring hospitalization.
- A study analyzed data on insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes patients with stage 3-5 CKD who began using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to manage their condition.
- Results indicated that after starting CGM, hospitalization rates linked to extreme blood sugar levels significantly decreased, showing the potential benefits of CGM for this patient demographic.