The Relative Satiety Value of Candy Bars in American Children
Hirsch, AR, Soto, MO, Hirsch, JA,
Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation
Letter from the Editor #517
The face of medicine is up for another change this week as the first ARB becomes available generically. Many of our patients have been prevented from getting drugs in this class due to the high cost of the brand names. Now with the approval...
Test Your Knowledge #517: A 28-year-old woman who has had Type 1 diabetes since age 5 years is evaluated...
A 28-year-old woman who has had Type 1 diabetes since age 5 years is evaluated for pre-conception counseling. She had poor glycemic control and elevated hemoglobin A1c values during her teenage years but has maintained good glycemic control...
Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart
Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart
One Touch Verio by LifeScan
One Touch Verio by LifeScan
This is a new monitor by LifeScan which is approved for use...
The number of people with diabetes is projected to nearly double
The number of people with diabetes is projected to nearly double by 2034 to 44.1 million due in large part to the aging of the baby boom population and increased rates of overweight and obesity. And if we are not successful in slowing the number of...
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes and another 57 million have pre-diabetes and are at risk of developing the disease. In comparison, 11.4 million Americans have cancer and 1.05 million Americans have HIV. (2007 National Diabetes Fact...
Diabetes is one of the most costly diseases in America
Diabetes is one of the most costly diseases in America, with total direct and indirect costs for diabetes and pre-diabetes estimated at $218 billion in 2007. Currently, only 3.7 percent of the National Institute for Health budget goes to diabetes...
One out of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent
One out of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent on diabetes and its complications, and one in every three Medicare dollars is spent on people with diabetes. (Halvorsen, George, Healthcare Will Not Reform Itself, CRC Press, 2009, p.131)
Cells in Pancreas Can Spontaneously Change into Insulin-Producing Cells
Alpha cells in the pancreas, which do not produce insulin, can convert into insulin-producing beta cells, advancing the prospect of regenerating beta cells as a cure for Type 1 diabetes....
Amylin, Lilly's Byetta May Have Cancer Risk, FDA Says
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Eli Lilly & Co.'s long-acting Byetta may be tied to increased cancer risk, a top U.S. regulator said, raising concerns that the experimental diabetes drug may need strict warnings....
Nanoparticle Vaccine Used to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with Type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease....
Gene Links Lower Birth Weight and Diabetes
Scientists have found two genetic regions that affect a baby's size at birth and say one of them is also linked with developing diabetes in later life....
Baby Boomers Will Outlive Their Children
It's a provocative prediction that, due to the obesity epidemic, Baby Boomers may outlive their children....
Using Genotypes to Individualize Diabetes Treatment
A panel of diabetes experts is encouraging efforts to increase understanding of the heterogeneity of Type 2 diabetes to achieve individualized treatments and improve treatment responses....
High Glycemic Foods Can Increase Risk for Heart Disease in Women
Consuming carbohydrates with high glycemic index -- an indicator of how quickly a food affects blood glucose levels -- appears to be associated with the risk of coronary heart disease in women but not men, according to a...
Efficacy and Safety of a High Protein, Low Carbohydrate Diet for Weight Loss
The low carbohydrate, high protein diet was found to be safe and effective for weight loss in severely obese adolescents....
Why Physicians Do Not Initiate Insulin Earlier
In a current study it was found that there are certain barriers for physicians that prevent them prescribing insulin much earlier in the treatment of diabetes....
Diabetic Women Fall Fast Into Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan "doughnut hole"....
Soy Supplements Show No Diabetes Benefit
Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the early stages of Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests....
Parental Monitoring Crucial in Childrens Adherence to Diabetes Treatment
Preteens and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan -- thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease -- if their parents...
New Data Challenge 130 mm Hg as Systolic BP Target in Diabetes
The official U.S. guideline that patients with diabetes should receive treatment to a blood pressure target of less than 130/80 mm Hg became suspect following reports from a pair of large studies showing no benefit in these patients beyond...
Pioglitazone with Insulin Improves Glycemic Control
Pioglitazone and insulin together allow greater glycemic control, plus other advantages, in Type 2 diabetics, researchers have found....
Identifying Dysglycemia in Children Could Avoid Diabetes
Fasting plasma glucose levels within the normoglycemic range in childhood can be a predictor of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in adulthood, according to the results of a new study....
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