If we could get our patients to test more often we would get better results. But finger sticks hurt so why don't our patients use alternate site testing. This one page handout helps your patients understand how to get rid of the pain.

Dr. James R. Bailes' new book No More Fat Kids, A Pediatrician's Guide for Safe and Effective Weight Loss, has raised some controversy in the medical community, but I had it reviewed by one of my interns who has a 6 year old child, and to her it made...

Lisa Long, PharmD. Candidate 2008, University of Florida just finished her endo rotation with me and offers her personal opinion of her favourite insulin pump.

Theresa L. Garnero, ARNP, CDE, returns with a new cartoon. Check it out.

Test Your Knowledge Issue 374

Good, old-fashioned diet and exercise might keep you young by reducing the action of insulin in the brain, researchers reported on Thursday.

The review found that dieters focused on eating low GI foods dropped significantly more weight — about 2.2 pounds more — than participants on other diets. Low GI dieters also experienced greater decreases in body fat measurements and body mass index.

A molecular compound found in red wine called resveratrol extends the life span of mice by up to 24 percent and up to 59 percent in other animals like flies and fish.

People with food cravings want calories, not carbohydrates, says a news study from the US that may have implications for obesity.

Novartis expected to be in the market this year with Galvus, But the FDA is requiring more studies to determine Galvus’s safety, so they will not resubmit until probably mid-2009

Italian scientists have invented a new diet pill that swells inside the stomach, giving its users the impression that they have already eaten.

There is currently no evidence available of a superiority of rapid-acting insulin analogues over human insulin in the treatment of adult patients with diabetes mellitus type 1.

Despite significant gains in disease control over the last 6 years, nearly half of patients with diabetes failed to reach national treatment goals in 2006.

Results from a new study shows that an extract from pumpkin (Cucurbita ficifolia) may improve blood glucose levels in diabetics, exert antioxidant effects and prevent the progressive destruction of pancreatic betacells.

Taking a break in the middle of your workout may metabolize more fat than exercising without stopping, according to a recent study in Japan.

Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of flavonoids, a study by endocrinologists.

The safety of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) was attacked in a new analysis by German researchers, who found little evidence that the drug improved the quality or length of life and concluded it could actually worsen...

In a poster presentation at the ADA 67th Scientific Sessions, Type 2 diabetic patients switched from insulin to a combination of pioglitazone and glimepiride achieved blood glucose control and showed improvement in cardiovascular risk.

Though the FDA has yet to advise on the cardiovascular safety of GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia type 2 diabetes drug, some physicians are taking matters into their own hands.

Patients with diabetes, especially women, who take thiazolidinediones (TZDs) may have a 59% increased risk of developing cancer, according to a new report.