Issue 445

Test Your Knowledge Issue 445

A 56-year-old man who has had type 2 diabetes for 12 years is evaluated at a routine follow-up examination. He has hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease. He underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery 2...

Preteens, teens doubled use of diabetes drugs

A recent article in Pediatrics, discussed how preteens and teens have doubled use of diabetes drugs in the past 4 years and that the prevalence is dramatically higher among young girls vs. boys. Why is this occurring? Why is it higher in girls?...

Why Your Body Always Uses Carbohydrate during Exercise

We seem to spend so much time with our overweight Type 2 patients that we forget about the patients that seem to be doing everything right. They eat right, they exercise and they still have problems. Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM works with these...

Researchers Identify New Source of Insulin-Producing Cells

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts a widely-cited...

Potassium Loss Explains Increased Diabetes Risk

High blood pressure medicines can cause a loss in potassium which can lead to diabetes. The drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could increase diabetes risk, U.S. researchers said.

Diabetics Spend $4,100 More Than Non- Diabetics

People diagnosed with diabetes spend over $4,100 more each year on medical costs than people who don't have diabetes, a gap that increases substantially each year following the initial diagnosis, according to a study

Diabetic Women More Likely To Die After Heart Attack

Women younger than age 65 with diabetes tend to have worse cardiovascular risk profiles than diabetic men of the same age, leading to higher death rates following a heart attack, research shows.

83% of Americans At Risk For Diabetes Not Tested

According to a new survey released last week, the vast majority of Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes -- 83 percent -- are not taking the most basic steps of determining if they are at risk for the disease: getting a blood glucose test if they...

Body Rhythms Affects Metabolism

A research team has discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates body rhythms and metabolism.

Continuous Glucose Monitors Detect Nocturnal Hypoglycemia Before Seizures

When used as sensors for nocturnal hypoglycemia alarms, continuous glucose monitors have sufficient time to awaken a patient to prevent a seizure, even with the lag time in interstitial glucose readings, according to a new report.

Older Patients Face Higher Mortality, With Rosiglitazone Over Pioglitazone

Older diabetic patients treated with rosiglitazone are at higher risk of dying or developing heart failure than patients treated with pioglitazone, a new analysis of Medicare beneficiaries suggests.

Blood Viscosity, Hematocrit Linked to Diabetes Risk

Elevated blood viscosity and hematocrit are associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, according to a new report

Sprint Workouts Boost Fat Burning In Diabetics

Intense exercise training can help normalize muscle metabolism in people with type 1 diabetes, which could result in "clinically important health benefit."

Automated Telephone Self-Management Support Cost-Effective for Diabetes

Automated telephone self-management (ATSM) support with nurse care management is cost-effective among patients with diabetes, according to the results of a study.

Medicare Wants Limits for Weight Loss Surgery

Medicare proposal deems some obese individuals too slim for coverage. Medicare, the U.S. government's largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously ...

Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier

The fatter you are, the more likely you are to have a heart attack earlier in life, 12 years sooner for the most obese, a new study shows.

Metabolic Syndrome Complicates Hypertension Management

The presence of metabolic syndrome negatively affects cardiovascular risk profile and response to treatment in hypertensive postmenopausal women.

Bayer Fined $97.5M For Kickbacks To Switch Glucose Monitors

Bayer will pay $97.5 million to settle U.S. government allegations that it paid kickbacks to 11 medical suppliers to boost sales of its diabetes products.