Test Your Knowledge #632: Which of the following types of insulin may be mistaken for rapid or short-acting insulin because of its clear appearance?
Which of the following types of insulin may be mistaken for rapid or short-acting insulin because of its clear appearance?
Know Your Healthy Steps
Learn how to get your patients to increase their physical...
Know Your Healthy Steps
Know Your Healthy Steps
Learn how to get your patients to increase...
Almased – Meal Replacement
Almased – Meal Replacement
Using Stem Cells Reversed Diabetes
University of British Columbia scientists have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, paving the way for a breakthrough treatment for diabetes. The research by Timothy Kieffer, a professor in the Department of Cellular and...
Back to Square One after Bariatric Surgery within 5 Years
Although gastric bypass surgery reverses type 2 diabetes in a large percentage of obese patients, the disease recurs in about 21% of them within three to five years. The study's lead author, Yessica Ramos, MD, an internal medicine resident at Mayo...
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Diabetes, Obesity Risk
Secondhand smoke exposure may lead to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity in adults. The survey was conducted from 2001 to 2006, and questioned over 6,300 adults. The study concluded those exposed to secondhand smoke had a higher rate...
Sulfonylureas Increase Mortality by 50 Percent
Data from a large retrospective cohort study suggested that, diabetic patients treated with three commonly prescribed sulfonylurea drugs had a 50% higher mortality risk compared with patients treated with metformin....
FDA Approves Lorcaserin (Belviq) for Treatment of Obesity
First weight loss drug to be approved by the FDA in thirteen years....
Vitamin D Linked to Modest Decrease in Weight Gain
Adequate vitamin D levels were associated with less weight gain among women aged 65 years and older during a 4.5-year period....
Testosterone Levels Increase 50% with Weight Loss, Exercise
Prediabetic, overweight men with hypogonadism show improvements in testosterone levels after lifestyle modifications consisting of calorie and fat reductions and exercise....
Diabetes Patients' Use of Aspirin May Not Be Effective
Many patients with type 2 diabetes may be aspirin resistant and a standard aspirin dose may not protect them against blood clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes....
New Research Finds That Not All Calories Are the Same
The statement that "all foods can be part of a healthful diet as long as you watch calories … is really misleading"....
More On Coffee: Good or Bad?
New research from the U.S. contradicts the American Heart Association that currently warns against regular coffee consumption....
Hypoglycemia Prevented by New Insulin
An experimental insulin drug prevented low blood sugar among diabetic patients more often than insulins now available....
Physical Fitness Improves Survival among Diabetes Patients with Heart Dysfunction
Being physically fit may improve survival rates among diabetes patients with a particular type of heart abnormality....
Insulin with Liraglutide Improves Poorly Controlled Type 1
Obese adults with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes can better control their blood sugar by adding liraglutide to their insulin therapy....
Weight Loss Aided in Diabetic Patients by Experimental Drug
An experimental drug helped significantly more overweight patients with diabetes shed pounds, compared with placebo....
Sitagliptin Improves Reactive Hypoglycemia Symptoms
The diabetes drug sitagliptin appears to reduce the severity of reactive hypoglycemia....
GLP-1: Actions on Beta-cell Mass and Function
David Joffe, BSPharm, CDE
Tina Burge, PharmD Candidate Florida A&M University
Letter from the Editor #632: New Weight Loss Drugs
This week the FDA approved the new weight loss drug lorcaserin. This is the first new drug for weight loss we have had approved in 13 years and...
