Understanding Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Patients with Diabetes
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Patients with Diabetes. Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D … what do your patients choose for your diabetes supplies? Print out our easy to read handout to learn exactly what to do.
Test Your Knowledge Issue 467
A 66-year-old man has had Type 2 diabetes for 12 years. His diabetes has been treated with oral agents for 5 years, and he now takes insulin and pioglitazone. He has hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and mild erectile...
H1N1 (Swine Flu) Updated Key Points
If you want the current information on the H1N1 (Swine Flu), the CDC just issued a report with all the current, accurate and updated information, H1N1 Update
Glucose Targets Are the Least of Your Worries
Last week at The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2009 Conference everyone in hospital medicine seemed excited about inpatient glucose control. The NICE-SUGAR study drove interest and in a session on Friday morning Dr. Gregory A....
FDA Extends Review Timeline for Onglyza/Saxagliptin by 90 Days
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Astra Zeneca reported last week that the FDA has determined it needs additional time to complete the review of the new drug application for Onglyza (saxagliptin)...
Aspirin Use Linked to a Lower Risk of Diabetes
Results of a new study recently published suggest an association between aspirin use and a decreased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes...
Lower Blood Sugars, or your Money Back!
Think of it as product guarantees by the drug industry. This new contract promotes medication adherence to better control blood sugar levels for people with Type 2 diabetes...
Breast-Feeding Benefits Mothers, as well as their Infants, Study Finds
Women who reported a lifetime history of more than a year of breast-feeding were 20 percent less likely to have diabetes, 12 percent less likely to have hypertension, 19 percent less likely to have high cholesterol and 9 percent less likely to have...
One-Third of all Type 1 Cases are Misdiagnosed: New Study
A THIRD of all Type 1 diabetics were initially misdiagnosed as having the more common Type 2 or some other illness, a study shows, and it's a mistake that can be deadly...
Fructose Linked to More Metabolic Problems than Glucose
Fructose appears to pose more problems with insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and visceral adipose tissue in heavy patients than its companion sugar glucose...
Treating Prediabetes with Metformin: A Systematic Review Meta-Analysis
Metformin decreases the rate of conversion from prediabetes to diabetes...
Charred Meat Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Subjects who preferred very well done steak were nearly 60 percent as likely to get pancreatic cancer as those who ate steak less well done or did not eat meat at all...
Weekly Serving of Fish Reduces Heart Risk
Eating salmon or other fatty fish just once a week helped reduce men's risk of heart failure, adding to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids improve cardiac health...
Once a Year Byetta in the Diabetes Pipeline
With Lilly/Amylin's submission of their once a week Byetta, another company, Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc., announces completion of enrollment of ITCA 650 phase 1b study for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes with their once a year dosing of...
CRP Measurement Doesn’t Improve Mortality Prediction in Diabetics
Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) values are associated with mortality risk in patients with Type 2 diabetes, but are no more useful than traditional risk factors for predicting 5-year mortality in this population...
Obesity, Diabetes Interfere with Ultrasound Detection of Fetal Anomalies
The ability to identify major fetal anomalies by ultrasonography is reduced in pregnant women who are obese or diabetic, according to researchers...
Nocturnal Foot Heat Regulation Impaired in Diabetes
Regulation of foot temperature in patients with diabetes, with or without diabetic polyneuropathy, is significantly impaired during sleep, according to a recently published study...
Voglibose Can Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
New research suggests that when combined with lifestyle modification, treatment with the alpha- glucosidase inhibitor, voglibose, may help prevent Type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals with impaired glucose tolerance...
Not Enough Sleep Causes More Eating and Diabetes Risk
Studies continue to show that sleep curtailment or decreased sleep quality can disturb neuroendocrine control of appetite, leading to overeating, and can decrease insulin or increase insulin resistance, both steps on the road to Type 2 diabetes
