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Medicare Part D: A Boon for Industry and Insurers Alike
Issak Smith
Letter from the Editor #520
Every time we send you a newsletter it is packed full of information about new drugs, therapies and ideas for improving patient care. As our staff researches these articles we are often fascinated by the discovery process and how much work...
Test Your Knowledge Question #520: What are the three natural hormones that our bodies...
What are the three natural hormones that our bodies make to regulate glucose that are replaced or replicated as medications?
MicroCHIPS, Inc., Honored with 2010 Edison Best New Product Award
MicroCHIPS, Inc., Honored with 2010 Edison Best New Product Award™
A Treatment Algorithm for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet has created a treatment...
Changes in Glitazone Use 2003-2009
Changes in Glitazone Use 2003-2009: From 2003 through 2005, glitazone use increased steadily. From February 2005 to January 2007, rosiglitazone use decreased by 16% annually while pioglitazone use increased at an annual rate of 14%. During a period...
Mortality Rates Differ with Different Sulfonylureas
Mortality Rates Differ with Different Sulfonylureas: The risk for overall mortality is similar in patients with Type 2 diabetes receiving glipizide, glyburide, or glimepiride monotherapy, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study....
Moderate Drinking Linked to 44%-65% Lower Diabetes Risk
Moderate Drinking Linked to 44%-65% Lower Diabetes Risk: Adults who have a drink or two per day may have a lower diabetes risk than teetotalers -- and the link does not appear to be explained by moderate drinkers' generally healthier lifestyle, a...
Tight Blood Sugar Control May Not Harm Diabetes Patients
Reanalysis of an ACCORD study refutes link between intensive therapy, higher death risk....
Urinary Protein Marks Renal Risk in Hypertension
Elevated urinary albumin may be a trouble sign for the kidneys and heart in hypertensive patients even without diabetes, researchers found....
A1c Below Diabetes Levels Predicts CVD
Researchers found that HbA1c values significantly predicted CVD or death, whereas FPG levels were not significant after adjustment for other risk factors. The additional usefulness of HbA1c may....
Moderate Drinking Linked to 44%-65% Lower Diabetes Risk
Adults who have a drink or two per day may have a lower diabetes risk than teetotalers and the link does not appear to be explained by ...
Half of US Adults Have Diabetes, Hypertension, or Hypercholesterolemia
Nearly half of all adults in the US have one chronic condition associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).......
Diabetic Macular Edema Improves with New Teatment
Patients with diabetic macular edema saw more improvement when intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis) was added to photocoagulation laser treatment than with laser alone, according to results of a National Eye Institute-sponsored...
Aspirin Use in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients Remains Controversial
Regular use of aspirin in patients who are 40 years or older with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective, according to a published study....
US Fast Food Contains Excessive Levels of Sodium
Meals from fast-food chains contain excessive amounts of salt, a new study has shown. Over half of all purchases exceeded the 1500-mg daily limit of sodium advised for most Americans, and this rose to 84% of meals when only fried-chicken...
Grapes Reduce Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Diabetes
Findings show grape consumption lowered blood pressure, improved heart function and reduced other risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome....
Diabetes Education, Dietitian Counseling Improve Diabetes Control
Diabetes education and dietitian counseling, without intervention by an endocrinologist, can improve glycemic control and promote weight loss in patients with Type 2 diabetes who also have poor literacy, according to a...
Americans Losing the Diabetes Battle
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with moderate weight loss and exercise but only about one in three Americans have taken action to reduce their risk....
Canadians Have Better Health than Americans
Canadians live longer and in better health than do their American counterparts, researchers said....
High Doses of B Vitamins Associated with Increased Decline in Kidney Function for Patients with Kidney Disease from Diabetes
Patients with diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease caused by diabetes) who received high dose B-vitamin therapy experienced a more rapid decline in kidney function and had a higher rate of heart attack and stroke than patients who...
U.S. Hispanics Have High Rates of Blindness
Latinos have higher rates of developing visual impairment, blindness, diabetic eye disease, and cataracts than non-Hispanic whites, researchers found....
Death from Diabetes will Change from 5th Leading Cause of Death to __?
More than 70,000 Americans a year die from complications of diabetes, making it the country's fifth-largest medical killer. While that sounds dire, Novo Nordisk says the real picture is much worse....
