Issue 453

Test Your Knowledge Issue 453

34-year-old obese woman is evaluated by her new primary care physician. Her previous physician noted “high blood sugars” but did not diagnose diabetes. She wonders if her thyroid function is adequate because she...

Helping Parents Stay on Their Teen's Diabetes Team

Most times when we talk about teenagers and diabetes we are talking about type 1 patients, but with the large increase in adolescent cases of type 2 diabetes, all practitioners are likely to see these patients. Since there is not as much urgency...

Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on Hormonal Responses

Often our patients with diabetes have unexplained hypoglycemia and there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM has the latest research on what happens to cause this. Read Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on...

Human Beta Cells Can Be Easily Induced To Replicate

Researchers have successfully induced human insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells, to replicate robustly in a living animal, as well as in the lab. The discovery not only could improve models and methods for studying diabetes, but also opens...

Overview for Screening & Treating Diabetic Nephropathy

Improving glycemic control, aggressive antihypertensive treatment, and the use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs can slow rates of progression of diabetic nephropathy. See this weeks’ too for your practice:

Children of Type 2’s Show Delayed Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

This parental history is also associated with increased rates of metabolic syndrome and a metabolic syndrome related to insulin resistance.

Reps Can Distribute Info About Off-Label Drug and Device Use

The FDA has finalized guidelines that will allow pharmaceutical and device company reps to distribute journal articles to doctors about off-label uses of their products.

Do Pedometers Really Work To Improving Health?

A meta-analysis of pedometer-based walking interventions shows how effective a pedometer can be in reducing weight.

Millions More Americans May Be Placed on Statins

If doctors start taking results of a recent drug company-sponsored trial seriously, 11 million more older Americans might be taking cholesterol-lowering statin medications, experts say.

First Saliva Test For Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers from India and Oregon have taken a step toward developing the first saliva test to detect and monitor how efficient is the treatment for Type 2 diabetes.

Most Heart Attack Patients' Cholesterol Levels Did Not Indicate Cardiac Risk

A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, according to current national cholesterol...

Many Diabetes Patients Doubt The Benefits Of Their Diabetes Medications

Many people with type 2 diabetes may be skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of their medications, African Americans in particular, a new study suggests.

Insulin Chewing Gum Tackles Diabetes

Chewing gums can prove very helpful in delivering insulin in the blood stream of the diabetics, say researchers

Elevated Blood Glucose Linked To Memory Decline

Physical exercise could improve memory via glucose-lowering. Maintaining blood glucose levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may be an important strategy for preserving age-related memory and cognitive health.

Homocysteine Not Framingham Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Elderly

Homocysteine, a biomarker that has a rocky record in cardiovascular disease prevention trials, may prove to be useful as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients, researchers reported.

Older Women Less Likely than Men to be Listed for Kidney Transplants

A Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon has found strong evidence that women over 45 are significantly less likely to be placed on a kidney transplant list than their equivalent male counterparts, even though women who receive a transplant stand an...

Liraglutide Controls Glucose, Promotes Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes

Liraglutide appears to control glucose levels as well as does glimepiride when given with metformin, with the added benefit of weight loss, a new phase III trial has concluded.

Obama's big idea: Digital Health Records

President wants to computerize the nation's health care records in five years. But the plan comes with a hefty price tag, and specialized labor is scarce.