Endocrine Society Chemical Screening Recommendations
David Joffe, BSPharm, CDE, Editor-in-chief, Diabetes In Control
The Endocrine Society has published a new set of recommendations on the definition of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) and screening programs for such...
Letter from the Editor #633: New EDC Guidelines
I had a chance to get back to nature this week by spending a couple of days in a B&B in the mountains outside of Asheville, NC.
While we were enjoying a great breakfast made from hormone-free meat and eggs, and pesticide-free fruits, I...
Free Safe at School HCP Toolkit
Free Safe at School HCP Toolkit
Free Safe at School HCP Toolkit
Medtronic's Enlite CGM Sensor
Medtronic's Enlite CGM Sensor
This sensor was approved in Europe in April 2011, and the FDA is still...
GSK Agrees to Pay $3 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Case
Psychiatrists who enjoyed free deep-sea fishing and golf at educational forums sponsored by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline more than a decade ago could have hardly known at the time that they were witnessing history. In 2012, however, what happened at...
Why Some Have Big Dessert after Large Meal
Ghrelin, a so-called hunger hormone, is the reason why some people have room for a high-calorie dessert after eating a big meal. Study results showed that rats lacking ghrelin receptor gene ate less of a sweet treat after a full meal than did...
Nutrition Data on Front Label Works
In-store promotion and nutrition information on the front label of food packaging helps shoppers make healthier choices, U.S. researchers say. When a tag was put on the grocery store shelf showing that a product had the Heart Check mark indicating...
Injured Brains Repaired with Metformin
Metformin might offer a therapy for nervous system damage....
Hormone Discovered That Preserves Insulin Production and Beta Cell Function in Diabetes
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found protective, anti-diabetic functions for a hormone that, like insulin, is produced by the islet cells of the pancreas....
New Glucose Index Predicts Diabetes Remission after Gastric Bypass
Predictive factors for type 2 diabetes remission following gastric bypass include insulin use and preoperative glucose disposition index....
Linagliptin Noninferior to Glimepiride in Diabetes Patients Failing Metformin
Two-year results suggest that the use of the DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin is as effective as glimepiride in treating diabetic patients who are inadequately controlled with metformin....
Early Intensive Treatment Reduces Risk of MI's
Diabetic patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS appear to benefit from early invasive treatment, a benefit that has not been observed in low-risk nondiabetic patients....
Apolipoproteins Can Be Biomarkers for Diabetic Retinopathy
Serum apoliproteins are linked to markers of systemic, retinal microvascular dysfunction in diabetes....
A Common Exercise Lowers Risk for Diabetes by 29 Percent
This exercise, which just about everyone can do, can lower risk for diabetes and reduce weight gain and improve cardiovascular health....
A New Diabetes Drug Improves Blood Sugar
Gevokizumab, a new diabetes drug, may improve fluctuations in blood sugar and reduce inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes....
Lose Tummy Fat Faster
Doing the right exercise can help to reduce tummy more rapidly than jogging....
Antipsychotic Drugs in Pregnancy Increase Diabetes Risk
Women who take antipsychotic medications while pregnant may have an increased risk of developing diabetes....
Another Study Links Diabetes Drug Actos to Bladder Cancer
Individual risk still remains low, even though, people with type 2 diabetes have a 40 percent increased risk of developing bladder cancer. This increased risk is believed to be associated with high levels of insulin found in people with type 2...
ADA Applauds Courts Decision to Uphold the Affordable Care Act
Decision ensures millions of Americans living with diabetes will have access to affordable, quality care....
