Type 2 Diabetes

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: Which medications reduce insulin resistance The action of biguanides How thiazolidinediones work The risks of thiazolidinediones Liver toxicity with medications

Endothelin inhibitors may have synergistic role in combating diabetes-related complication…. 

A 30 minute walk after dinner may have significant benefits in diabetics…. 

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: The mechanism of action for antidiabetes medications Which medications improve insulin action Which meds slow gastric absorption Which meds increase insulin secretion Which meds increase the effect of incretins How to compare diabetes meds  

Researchers evaluated different measures of hand and finger function in type 2 diabetic patients….

Moderation is key when it comes to diabetes and alcoholic beverages…. 

The results of adding vildagliptin to metformin…. 

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about how lipotoxicity is critically important in diabetes because of its direct negative effect on cells, especially beta cells. In fact, lipotoxicity may be at the core of beta cell failure; a lot of evidence associated with insulin resistance and inflammation seem to be related….

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about how most type diabetic patients are at risk for cardiovascular disease and that much of this risk stems from being overweight or obese. Reducing caloric intake is very difficult but if those extra calories could be neutralized as metabolically healthy obese people are able to …

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: Knowing the options for treatment Determining medication selection Clinical markers for the dominant underlying pathophysiology The three stages to glucose patterns