Issue 93

Issue 93 Item 15 Fasting Glucose Seen as Inadequate in Screening for Cardiovascu

Fasting blood glucose (FBG) testing alone misses 2/3’s of those with cardiovascular risk factors. 

Issue 93 Item 1 A1c Refrigerator Poster Lowers HbA1c 25%

Posting the results of a patients A1c on the refrigerator with their goals becomes an effective tool to help self-manage a patient with diabetes

Issue 93 Item 2 White Blood Cell Count Predicts Diabetes

New Tool to Diagnosis possible development of type 2 diabetes and worsening of insulin sensitivity.

Issue 93 Item 3 Super-sized “DIABETES”

It's Saturday afternoon at the shopping mall and the Weathervane is teeming with customers. Good prices and a convenient location make the restaurant a popular place for families, but the real draw is its trademark - gigantic portions of food....

Issue 93 Item 4 Adding Insulin “Before” Sulfonylurea Inadequacy

Within 6 years patients with Type 2 diabetes will require another medication after starting on sulfonylurea.  Then why don’t we add small doses of insulin prior to need?  Should we be chasing elevated blood sugars or should be treating to prevent the...

Issue 93 Item 5 Caffeine Can Decrease Insulin Sensitivity

A component of popular beverages decreases insulin sensitivity by 15%

Issue 93 Item 6 Glargine and Lispro – The Long and Short of it is Clearly Confus

Before the availability of glargine, the distinction between long- (or intermediate-) acting insulins and short-acting insulin’s was obvious, with the former being cloudy in appearance, whereas the latter was clear.

Issue 93 Item 7 Why Relating A1C (GHB) To Mean Blood Glucose (MBG) Is Important?

Know your numbers and what they mean is crucial for every patient

Issue 93 Item 8 WARNINGS OF STROKE, A REMINDER

Too few people know the symptoms of TIA’s which lead to stroke.

Issue 93 Item 9 Impaired Intellectual Development in Children with Type 1 Diabet

Associated with HbA1 c, age at diagnosis and sex.

Issue 93 Item 10 SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION FROM LICORICE

Licorice acts like cortisone and reduces testosterone.

Issue 93 Item 11 Postprandial Insulin Deficiency Major Factor Of Deteriorating G

Postprandial insulin deficiency is the most powerful explanatory factor of deteriorating glucose control in newly presenting type 2 diabetes.

Issue 93 Item 12 New Protein Identified in Liver Might Lead to Type 2 Diabetes C

Researchers at the Medical College of Ohio have identified a protein in the liver that helps clear insulin from blood.

Issue 93 Item 13 Aspirin Alone Works Fine for Heart Patients

A huge scientific study has found that aspirin alone is just as effective as aspirin and the anti-clotting drug warfarin in preventing death, second heart attacks and stroke.

Issue 93 Item 14 Metabolic Control Improved by Nutrition Education in Elderly

Nutrition education improves metabolic control in older adults, according to a new study.

Issue 93 Item 15 Fasting Glucose Seen as Inadequate in Screening for Cardiovascu

Fasting blood glucose (FBG) testing alone misses 2/3’s of those with cardiovascular risk factors.