Study finds type 2 risk in nondiabetic patients decreased… Moderate alcohol consumption can reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes as compared to heavy drinking, and the risk reduction differs between men and women. In a previous study, alcohol consumption of 24 g alcohol/day reduces type 2 diabetes risk by …
Read More »Insulin Resistance – A Survival Mechanism Gone Awry, Part 4
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we cover several complex topics including, "The Adipocytokine Syndrome," and the Implications for Therapy of Treating Inflammation, and we start to address the potential therapeutic effects of Treating the Biome…. To download the complete set of slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this link: Insulin Resistance …
Read More »MiniMed 640G Insulin Pump System Mimics Healthy Pancreas
The newly developed insulin pump system for type 1 diabetes patients is not yet available in the U.S…. The new device, available in Australia, Denmark, and the U.K., is small, about the size of a MP3 player. The system is the first in the world to both automatically suspend insulin …
Read More »Insulin Resistance – A Survival Mechanism Gone Awry, Part 3
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we delve into the multiple effects of insulin resistance on the body and how these effects can accumulate causing more problems such as CV issues down the road…. To download the complete set of slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this link: Insulin Resistance – A …
Read More »Women Retain Insulin Sensitivity Better than Men
Protein activity in female muscles said more efficient… It’s long been known that obese men are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than obese women, but researchers at McMaster University have discovered it may be related to a difference between the sexes in the activity of a protein in …
Read More »Gastric Electrical Stimulation an Alternative to Insulin Injections?
Device implantation could be the future in T2DM and weight loss… Weight gain is often a side effect of several different oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs), such as sulfonylureas and thiazolidinedion, along with insulin. Lifestyle modification and weight loss is always recommended in T2DM, but we all know it takes great …
Read More »Misunderstanding Basal Insulin Requirements Can Be Deadly
In an inpatient setting, a type 1 diabetes patient was scheduled for surgery the next morning. The patient was to be NPO after midnight and so the RN on duty withheld the patient’s Lantus. The patient’s glucose crept up, but this was not communicated with the house staff until it …
Read More »Insulin Resistance – A Survival Mechanism Gone Awry, Part 2
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we look at the current realities of modern life which seem to be encouraging the development of insulin resistance and how Modern Man is "locked" into a "Seasonal Insulin Resistance Syndrome Physiology"…. To download the complete set of slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this …
Read More »Insulin Resistance – A Survival Mechanism Gone Awry, Part 1
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we start a short new series on Insulin Resistance put together by Dr. Stanley Schwartz. We begin with a quick overview of the traditional view of the natural history of diabetes as compared to Dr. Schwartz’s newer beta-cell centric model…. To download the complete set …
Read More »New Insulin Formulations – Umpierrez, Part 3
This week’s Homerun Slides finishes up with a conversation on the newer formulations of long acting insulin and how they compare to insulin glargine U100…. To download the complete set in PowerPoint (.ppt) format just use this link: New Insulin Formulations – Umpierrez, Part 3 Other Homerun Slides sets in this …
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