A Little Nudge (to Exercise) Goes a Long Way
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When is good enough, good enough?
When is good enough, good enough?
This past month I have been working on a CE/CME for pharmacists and physicians. The focus has been on diabetes control in the long term care and assisted living facilities....
Test Your Knowledge #524: A Woman with Type 2 Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia, Part Two of Three
Mrs. Carmend is a 42-year-old Hispanic woman who presents for an annual physical exam. She states:
Treatment Algorithm for Dyslipidemia
Treatment Algorithm for Dyslipidemia
FDA Clears New Blood Glucose Test Strips
FDA Clears New Blood Glucose Test Strips: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved blood glucose test strips (FreeStyle Lite; Abbott Diabetes Care) to help patients better manage their diabetes by minimizing the potential for...
Record Number of Medicines Currently in Development to Treat Diabetes
Record Number of Medicines Currently in Development to Treat Diabetes: A record 235 new medicines to treat diabetes, one of the fastest-growing diseases in America, are being developed by America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology...
Almonds Improve Glycemic and Lipid Profiles in Type 2's
Almonds Improve Glycemic and Lipid Profiles in Type 2's: Almond consumption is associated with ameliorations in obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia. The hypothesis of this 12-week randomized crossover clinical trial was that...
Decaf Impairs Glucose Metabolism
Decaf Impairs Glucose Metabolism: Some types of decaffeinated coffee may acutely impair glucose metabolism but less than caffeine. The results showed that, within the first hour of the OGTT, glucose and insulin were higher for decaffeinated coffee...
Experts Advise Beginning Daily Aspirin Later
In a change, heart and diabetes groups push age threshold up from 40, to 50 for men, 60 for women....
Clean Teeth Prevents Heart Disease by 70%
Individuals who do not brush their teeth twice a day have an increased risk of heart disease, a new study shows. Regular toothbrushing could help stave off cardiovascular disease by 70% according to a...
Novo Pulls Its Insulins Out of Greece
The world's leading supplier of the anti-diabetes drug insulin is withdrawing it from Greece. Could Lilly and Sanofi-Aventis be next...?
Increases in Waist Circumference and Weight Predicts Incident Diabetes
Increases in waist circumference and weight may predict incident diabetes, according to the results of a recent study....
Vitamin K Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk
People who get plenty of vitamin K from food may have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who get less of the vitamin, a new study suggests....
Predicting Type 1 Diabetes in the General Population
One-time screening for GADAs and IA-2As in the general childhood population would identify approximately 60% of those individuals who will develop Type 1 diabetes over the next 27 years....
Overweight Girls Who Lose Weight Before Adulthood Reduce Diabetes Risk Later
Overweight girls who lose weight before they reach adulthood greatly reduced their risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, according to researchers, who analyzed 16 years of data on nearly 110,000 women....
Inhaling Diabetes? Study Suggests Link Between Air Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes
Traffic-related air pollution,...
Decaffeinated Coffee and Glucose Metabolism in Young Men
Some types of decaffeinated coffee may acutely impair glucose metabolism but less than caffeine....
Earlier Screening for Diabetes Worthwhile
It's currently recommended that people be screened for Type 2 diabetes starting at age 45, particularly if they are overweight. But a new study suggests that it would be worthwhile to start Type 2 diabetes screening earlier -- between the...
Tracking Blood Sugar with Nano-Tattoos
Chemical engineers are working on carbon nanotubes that could be injected under the skin to reveal blood glucose levels....
New and More Efficient Method to Make Insulin Cheaper
Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, have now developed a new method to cheaply produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes....
Using A1c to Define the Metabolic Syndrome
Using A1c instead of FPG to define MetS is feasible. It also identifies individuals with increased cardiovascular risk....
New Device Predicts Diabetic Wound Healing
A new breakthrough device developed by researchers can change the current landscape of chronic wound management.....
FDA Adds Risk for Severe Liver Injury to Orlistat Label
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has revised the label for orlistat (Xenical) to include new safety information about rare cases of severe liver injury reported with the use of the weight-loss...
