Issue 487

Tool for Your Practice: Getting Started with Insulin

Getting Started with Insulin (pdf) This handout includes...

Novartis receives FDA approval for Valturna®

Injuries Related to Being Active with Diabetes: Part 3 (Arm and Shoulder Injuries)

  By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.,...

Test Your Knowledge #487: A 62-year-old recently retired female school teacher who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes

A 62-year-old recently retired female school teacher who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 18 years ago comes for a routine evaluation. Her medications include maximum dosages of rosiglitazone, metformin, and repaglinide. She tells you she...

Letter from the Editor #487

All week long we've heard politicians, lobbyists and radio personalities weigh in with their opinions on a national health care system. It seems like the public option idea is what is driving the most discussions and debate. It also seems to...

Thirty percent of US public have hypertension, much of which is due to excessive sodium intake

Thirty percent of US public have hypertension, much of which is due to excessive sodium intake. One of the first studies to estimate the economic benefits of lowering sodium consumption among the US public has found that...

Weight Loss is Good for the Kidneys

Weight Loss is Good for the Kidneys: Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with...

More Money Spent on Diabetes Meds than on Any Other Condition

More Money Spent on Diabetes Meds than on Any Other Condition: The Diabetes UK Center claimed that the increase was being pushed up by younger people developing Type 2 diabetes and being prescribed insulin to manage their...

B12 Deficiency in Diabetes

B12 Deficiency in Diabetes: Although metformin use and advanced age are associated with vitamin B12 deficiency and often present in Type 2 diabetic patients, the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in the diabetic...

Update on Dr. Faustman's Research on Reversing Type 1 Diabetes

The Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, run by Denise L. Faustman, MD, PhD, is moving rapidly through the clinical trial challenge to test and possibly establish a vaccine using a generic drug, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to...

New Program Offers Community Pharmacies an Expanded Role in Diabetes Self-Management Training + Provides Hours to Become a CDE

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced a partnership that will expand counseling options for patients while offering community pharmacies a path to be...

Early Triple Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes

When metformin and a sulfonylurea or a glinide fail to bring Type 2 diabetes under control, adding pioglitazone may do the trick, French research suggests.

Diabetic Retinopathy Linked to Inflammatory Markers

In patients with Type 1 diabetes and kidney disease, several serum markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction are associated with increasing prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy, investigators report.

WHR Is a Better Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Older Adults than BMI

Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) may be a better predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults versus body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a study.

Bariatric Surgical in Moms Improves Cardio-Metabolic Markers in Kids

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in mothers is associated with improvements in cardio-metabolic markers in their offspring that are sustained into adolescence, according to a published paper.

Increased Spending Buys Better Diabetes Outcomes

For patients with Type 2 diabetes, increased health care spending on risk factor control seems to be paying off, according to results of an economic analysis just released.

Lorcaserin Meets Primary Endpoints in Second Obesity Trial

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., said last Friday its obesity drug candidate Lorcaserin met primary efficacy and safety endpoints in the second late-stage trial, dubbed BLOSSOM (Behavioral modification and LOrcaserin Second Study for Obesity...

Sixty-three percent of Physicians Favor Public Option

A solid majority of physicians favor creating a new public insurance option that would operate alongside existing private plans, according to a survey published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Fewer Pap Smears, Mammograms for Diabetic Women

Women with diabetes are less likely to get important cancer screening tests than women without diabetes, new research confirms.

US Immigrants Provided Less Diabetes Care

A new study shows that foreign-born adults with diabetes who move to the US are less apt to get certain types of recommended care than native-born US citizens with diabetes.

Increased Risk for PAD for Women with Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) in women is associated with an increased risk for future symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to the results of a prospective cohort study.

Physical Activity Helps the Very Old Decrease Mortality

No matter how old you are, increased physical activity is associated with decreased mortality and improved function, a longitudinal Israeli study found.

Coconut Oil Might Reduce the Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

A new study in animals demonstrates that a diet rich in coconut oil protects against 'insulin resistance' (an impaired ability of cells to respond to insulin) in muscle and fat. The diet also avoids the accumulation of body fat caused by...

Fight Obesity? Simple: Add 1 Cent Sales Tax for Every Ounce of Soda

In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages.