Test Your Knowledge #522: A 40-year-old Hispanic man is evaluated
A 40-year-old Hispanic man is evaluated for fatigue, blurry vision, polyuria, polydipsia, nocturia, and an unintentional 4.5-kg (10-lb) weight loss over the past month.
May 27, 2009 Issue #470
Over the past few weeks, Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has focused on insulin and oral medications and their relationship to exercise and many of you asked about Byetta and Symlin. This week she covers them in Diabetic...
Tolerx Phase 3 Study
DEFEND is a Phase 3 clinical study of otelixizumab in YOUNG ADULTS with newly diagnosed T1DM.
Otelixizumab is an investigational agent, not yet approved by the FDA for marketing. DEFEND will determine if otelixizumab can help...
FDA Approves ACTOplus met(R) XR Tablets issue 470
FDA Approves ACTOplus met(R) XR Tablets for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Another "not new" drug,...
Healthy Snacks and Sweet Treats
Healthy Snacks and Sweet Treats, the Low Carb Snack List.
Test Your Knowledge Issue 470
A 30-year-old woman who has had Type 1 diabetes for 10 years calls the clinic because she has had profuse watery diarrhea and nausea for 8 hours but without emesis. Her 12-year-old daughter had similar symptoms when she had...
Possible New Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Therapy – A PPAR³ Sparing Thiazolidinedione
A TZD without the side-effects of increased fluid retention and edema, and changes in the vascular and circulating lipids; is that possible? Our current intern Amy Talmage, from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has found some research...
Diabetic Medications and Exercise, Part 2: Use of Symlin and Byetta
Over the past few weeks, Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has focused on insulin and oral medications and their relationship to exercise and many of you asked about Byetta and Symlin. This week she covers them in Diabetic Medications and Exercise, Part...
Common Virus Can Cause High Blood Pressure
Researchers reported from the results of a study that, “A common virus may be a major cause of high blood pressure,” a finding that may bring a new approach to treating a condition that affects an estimated 1 billion people...
AACE: New Recommendations for Treatment of Prediabetes
New recommendations include: specific instructions for lifestyle intervention, and that pharmacotherapy be started at an A1c of six percent. It is estimated that there will be 418 million people worldwide with prediabetes by 2025.
New Free Prevention Resource for Your Office
A free resource designed to educate patients about ways to successfully manage their diabetes was revealed at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress: “The Power of Prevention...
Triglycerides Implicated in Diabetes Nerve Loss
To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor levels of an easily measured blood fat as closely as they do blood sugar, study suggests.…
New Information on how Metformin Works
Not only has new research told us how metformin really works, but a new biomarker was found that can determine the optimal dose of metformin that should be used to get the best results for each patient.
Will Surgery Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment?
New data presented at the recent AACE meeting shows that metabolic surgery, a new surgical approach to metabolic disease, may provide the key to curing diabetes in some patients. However, if the result is normal blood sugars for Type 2 patients...
How High Blood Sugars Damage Blood Vessels
Researchers have gained fresh insights into how elevated glucose levels damage blood vessels. The mechanism could lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction.
Less than One in Five Heart Problems are Diagnosed before Symptoms Appear
This comes from a study of 13,877 people; clinicians are missing golden opportunities to identify heart disease before patients start displaying symptoms..
The US Obesity Epidemic is Due Solely to Increased Food Intake
The amount of food Americans eat has been increasing since the 1970s, and that alone is the cause of the obesity epidemic in the US today [1]. Physical activity--or the lack thereof--has played virtually no role in the rising number of expanding...
More Time in the Sun Reduces Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Spending more time in the sunshine could help older people to reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes...
Cardiac Abnormalities Seen in Young Females with Poor Diabetes Control
According to the results of a new study, adolescent girls with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers or even girls with Type 1 diabetes.
Nonstop Insulin Improves Vascular Surgery Outcome
Continuous perioperative insulin infusion reduces the incidence of major cardiovascular events in patients who undergo vascular surgery, researchers report.
Type 2 Diabetes Rears its Ugly Head Ten Years before Diagnosis
Signs and symptoms of Type 2 diabetes can present themselves as long as 10 years before diagnosis and most people have no idea before the damage is done. Education and better screening prior to diagnosis is critical if we are going to prevent Type ...
Walnuts Found to Benefit Diabetes Control
A new study has found that keeping the diet for Type 2 diabetes under control gets a lot of help from including daily amounts of foods with the right kind of fats such as walnuts.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Retinopathy Linked in Diabetes
According to new research, patients with diabetes who have retinopathy should also be screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
