Dr Amar Puttanna 🎸

A pleasure to be appointed as an Honorary Senior Lecturer @BangorUni - hoping to build on this and continue to contribute on educating future generations! @kamleshkhunti

Our Opinion article in @bmj_latest Collecting diversity data in clinical research Our UK research regulators & funders are leading on this However worrying obstacles across the pond #HealthEquity #ClinicalResearch #Diversity" 2 bmj.com/content/390/bm… @wellcometrust

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (#MEN1): recommendations and guidelines for best practice thelancet.com/journals/landi… #FREE to read with registration (also FREE)

Adult & Pediatric Populations in a Cohort of At-Risk Relatives in The T1D TrialNet Pathway to Prevention Study ➡️Still more to learn on trajectories of single antibody positivity… however stage 2 T1D and progression more defined in adults or children diabetesjournals.org/care/article-a…

Impact of Body Mass Index, Central Adiposity, and Weight Loss on the Benefits of Tirzepatide in HFpEF: SUMMIT Trial ➡️ essentially…weight loss improves patient symptoms/functionality in HFpEF (‘obesity related HFpEF’) 😁 @kamleshkhunti @GoggleDocs jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

The Ongoing Need to Address Cost-Related Nonadherence to Diabetes Medications So important in low and middle income countries diabetesjournals.org/care/article/4…

🦴 Our New publication! 📘 "Optimizing Bone Health in Diabetes" highlights unique fracture risks, challenges in BMD interpretation, and practical strategies for resource-constrained settings. Let's integrate fracture prevention into diabetes care! doi.org/10.1007/s11892…

🫀 Control Midlife risk factor control = a decade more life @NEJM 📉 At age 50, having 0 vs 5 risk factors (smoking, BP, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity) adds: · 👩‍⚕️+13.3 CVD-free years for women · 👨‍⚕️+10.6 for men 🕊️ Smoking & hypertension biggest gains nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🧵 Exercise significantly improves sleep in insomnia Useful for some of us 😜 🏆 Most effective: 1. Yoga:↑ total sleep time 2. Tai Chi:↑ sleep quality & ↓ night wakening 3. Walking/jogging:↓ insomnia severity ✅ Safe, scalable & non-pharmacological ebm.bmj.com/content/early/…

SAHF is delighted to announce that our 26th Annual Conference returns to Birmingham on the 16th & 17th October 2025. The meeting promises a programme of topical sessions that will inform & inspire you. Learn more & register free: shorturl.at/YOaca @kamleshkhunti @docwas

Online—Incretins and the cardiovascular system: bridging digestion with metabolism thelancet.com/journals/landi… #GLP-1 receptor agonists #GIP #CVD

🧬 Obesity associated with earlier, more complex MLTC (Multimorbidity) 📊 12.7 yrs follow-up: • Overweight → ↑ risk of 17 NCDs • Obesity →↑ risk of 27 NCDs • Obesity = 1.9x more complex disease trajectories 🫀 Cardiometabolic diseases hit early dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🧠 Glycaemic Control & Brain Health in Early T2D-GRADE RCT 📉 Higher HbA1c levels were linked to modestly lower cognition scores 🎯 Conclusion: Worse glycaemic control but not drug class associated with poorer brain function jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Aetiology of type 2 diabetes: an experimental medicine odyssey Review by Roy Taylor link.springer.com/article/10.100…

💉⚖️ PYY + Semaglutide combo therapy: Promise vs Reality New @novonordisk study on dual-hormone #obesity treatment: 🐭 Preclinical: 24.6% weight loss (vs 12.5% semaglutide alone) 👥 Clinical: +2.2% additional weight loss✅ 🛑 Problem: 68% GI side effects, 21% discontinued The…

Our research study finally has a #website! If you would like to know more about INDICATE-2 & how dental teams can help identify new cases of #Diabetes (T2) & #Prediabetes (NDH) with the support of @Haleon_health @HaleonHPartner @BirminghamBRC 👇👇👇👇 birmingham.ac.uk/research/proje…

Finerenone Reduces New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Across the Spectrum of Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: The FINE-HEART Pooled Analysis The nonsteroidal MRA finerenone reduced the risk of new-onset AF/AFL across the CKM spectrum. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

🚨 Game-changing GLP-1RA data drop! Largest NMA ever on #GLP1 in #T2D: 64 trials, 25K patients The rankings 🩸,⚖️: 🥇 Tirzepatide: -2.3% HbA1c, -10kg 🥈 Semaglutide: -1.5% HbA1c, -3.8kg 🥉 Liraglutide: -1.2% HbA1c, -2.1kg 💡 The twist: Safety profiles matter Sema & TZP⤴️…

Association of gestational #thyroid function and thyroid #autoimmunity with #gestational #diabetes: a systematic review and individual participant meta-analysis thelancet.com/journals/landi… #GDM

People with obesity have a higher prevalence and incidence & accelerated onset of obesity related complications compared with those with normal BMI onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… #multiplelongtermconditions

Which intermittent fasting strategies are better? All intermittent fasting strategies and continuous energy restriction diets reduce body weight Alternate day fasting showed benefit in body weight reduction compared with continuous energy restriction bmj.com/content/bmj/38…