Letter from the Editor: Tour de France
During the past week the Tour de France has been in full swing. As a budding cyclist I have been watching the race with interest as it has wound its way through over 2,276 miles of France.
Some of the rider strategies...
Test Your Knowledge #531: A Caucasian Man with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes and Renal Insufficiency, Part Three of Three
Mr. Johnson is a 58-year-old Caucasian who presents for evaluation of his Type 2 diabetes, discovered 6 months ago by a random glucose measurement of 250 mg/dL using his wife's blood glucose meter. Mr. Johnson visited his physician a few ...
Tool for Your Practice: Five Common Food Myths for People with Diabetes Debunked
Five Common Food Myths for People with Diabetes Debunked (PDF)
Half the Population in the World Doesn't Get Enough Vitamin D
Half the Population in the World Doesn't Get Enough Vitamin D: Anthony Norman, a professor emeritus of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at the University of California, says, "It is clear that merely eating vitamin D-rich foods is not adequate...
Avoid Consuming Too Much Fat While Nursing
Avoid Consuming Too Much Fat While Nursing: The future health of offspring is more negatively impacted when their mothers consume a high fat diet while nursing compared with high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy, according to research at Johns...
Healthy Weight, Rather Than Fitness, Most Important for Preventing High Blood Pressure
Healthy Weight, Rather Than Fitness, Most Important for Preventing High Blood Pressure: Individuals who have a healthy body weight are more likely than those who are physically fit to have lower blood pressure, according to the results of a new...
Improved Blood Sugar Control Linked to Cashew Seed Extract
Improved Blood Sugar Control Linked to Cashew Seed Extract: Adding cashew seed extract to one's diet may help lower diabetes risk, according to published findings. This is because compounds in cashew seeds have been found to improve the body's...
First-Void Urine Predicts Renal Events
A morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease. "From a clinical point of view, these results are very important, because they...
Triglyceride and Waist Measurements Predict Heart-Disease Risk
A new study suggests that, using two simple and inexpensive measurements -- triglycerides and waist circumference -- can identify patients with intra-abdominal obesity who have an increased risk of coronary artery disease and can add value...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Increase Diabetes Risk by 50%
The risk of getting diabetes is about 50% in patients with autoimmune forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study....
Disrupted Sleep Patterns Adds to Risk of Obesity, Diabetes
Disrupted sleep patterns seem to contribute to the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to numerous studies. Scientists have theorized that disrupted circadian rhythms throw off various hormonal processes in the body that contribute to...
FDA Advisory Committee Votes to Keep Rosiglitazone on the Market
Thirty-three members of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cast 20 votes for various label options that would allow GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone (Avandia) to stay on the market despite concerns over associated heart risks, while...
Higher Prices Can Slash Sales of Sugary Soda
Increasing the price of regular sodas may help reduce consumption of the sugary beverages, according to a study....
Lifestyle Change Wins Over Weight Loss Programs
Obese adults prefer noncommercial, nonstigmatizing interventions designed to help them improve their lifestyles over programs that just promote weight loss, according to a new study....
Dementia Can Differ in Those with and without Diabetes
Vascular disease, which affects blood flow in brain vessels, appears to be a common cause of dementia in some people with diabetes, new study findings suggest....
Surgeon Reports Successful Treatment of Charcot Foot
Charcot foot can make walking difficult or impossible, and in severe cases can require amputation but a newsurgical technique that secures foot bones with an external frame has enabled more than 90 percent of patients to walk...
Obese Men at Age 20 Years Double Death Risk
Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found. The chance of dying early increased by 10% for each BMI point above the threshold for a healthy weight and this persisted...
Study Shows Simple Community Program Can Prevent Weight Gain in Women
A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain with a program based on simple health messages, small changes behavior, and delivered conveniently in a community setting....
Monitoring Steps to Lose Weight Works!
Women achieved modest changes in their BMI and waist-to-hip measurements with no other lifestyle interventions....
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