Test Your Knowledge Issue 455
A 51-year-old woman with long-standing, well-controlled type 2 diabetes is evaluated because of an oral temperature of 38.9 °C (102 °F) of 8 hours' duration and nausea.
New Perspectives In Oral Care For Those With Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes
Charles W. Martin, DDS, founded DentistryForDiabetics, a nationwide group of dentists committed to helping those with diabetes. He authored the book Don’t Sugarcoat it: The Story of Diabetes and Dentistry and we are happy that he has joined...
Seniors in 'Gap' cut back Medicines
Pharmacists are always telling me that patients don’t fill prescriptions when they hit the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D coverage. This week Yuting Zhang, Assistant Professor Of Health Economics at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health,...
New Test For Diagnosis of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
The ADA and other organizations will be announcing the guidelines on how to use the A1c test to diagnose diabetes. The test that has been used by most doctors is the fasting blood glucose test. The problem with the fasting blood glucose is that...
A1c Test Can Be Used to Diagnose Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association and other leading diabetes organizations in the U.S. will come out within the next six months with guidelines on the use of the A1C test as a diagnostic tool for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Hypoglycemia Fear a Barrier to Exercise for Type 1 Diabetics
According to a study, a majority of diabetics (60%) avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and severe consequences including loss of consciousness.
Sixty Percent of U.S. Seniors Have Diabetes or PreDiabetes
Nearly one-third of U.S. adults age 65 and older have diabetes, while an additional 30 percent have pre-diabetes, researchers said.
Inflammation Link between Extreme Sleep Durations, Diabetes and Poor Health
A new study shows that sleep duration is associated with changes in the levels of specific cytokines that are important in regulating inflammation. The results suggest that inflammation may be the pathway linking extreme sleep durations to an...
Diabetes Doubles Odds of Alzheimer’s
People diagnosed with diabetes before the age of 65 are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the results of a new study.
Liraglutide Combination Effective in Type 2 Diabetes
In patients with type 2 diabetes being treated with metformin, the addition of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analog liraglutide is as effective as glimepiride in improving glycemic control but with less weight gain, researchers report.
Intensive Insulin Therapy Helpful for Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care
Targeting blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting concentrations was associated with better short-term outcome of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to the results of a prospective, randomized...
Effective Diabetes Management Possible in Disadvantaged Population
Results of a new study indicate that a diabetes-management program is effective in a lower-income Latino population, but treatment compliance may be poor even with free medications.
Medical Researchers Uncover Link For Gestational Diabetes
A medical research team has verified genes that can be the cause of diabetes during pregnancy.
Glycemic Control Poor among Hospitalized Patients
Despite frequent insulin use, glucose control is "suboptimal" among patients hospitalized in U.S. academic medical centers, according to a new study. Less then 10% of patients were seen by a endocrinologist or diabetologist.
Metformin Prevents Postpartum Diabetes
Following gestational diabetes, treatment with metformin or intensive lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes from becoming permanent in the postpartum period, new research shows.
Higher A1C Levels Linked to Lower Brain Function-Study
Results suggest that lowering of A1c levels can reduce the decline in cognitive function.
Prevent Diabetes by Exercising Just 7 Minutes a Week
Rigorous workouts lasting as little as three minutes may help prevent diabetes by helping control blood sugar, British researchers said last week. Short bursts of intense exercise every few days over just 2 weeks could dramatically cut the risk of...
New Gene to be Targeted in Diabetes
Cell biology Professor Romeo Ricci and his team have discovered a new signal transduction pathway that might play an important role in the promotion of type 2 diabetes.
Huge Burden of Diabetes Shown in New Survey Results
In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and...
