Answer and Critique (Correct Answer = D)   Although some studies have used oral anti-diabetes drugs in cases of gestational diabetes (starting the medication after the first trimester), insulin is still regarded as the treatment of...

There are two things that we have spent time bringing you information on over the past few weeks that won’t seem to go away.   The GDH-PQQ monitoring controversy has moved to the hospital setting as companies using...

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." ……. Bertrand Russell  

New Tool:   Diabetic Flow Chart This week's tool from the American College of...

A 36-year-old woman who has had Type 2 diabetes for 2 years is evaluated because she has just discovered that she is 5 weeks' pregnant. She currently takes glyburide and rosiglitazone. Her most recent hemoglobin A1c value was 8.2%. She says...

Mediterranean Diet May Be Best for Type 2 Diabetes. Reduced need for meds, helped some lose weight compared to low-fat diet. The Mediterranean diet, long touted as a...

Exercise Alone Improves Insulin Sensitivity. A moderate aerobic exercise program, without weight loss, can improve insulin sensitivity in both lean and obese sedentary...

Doctors Bust Myths about Insulin. People newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes often resist taking insulin because they fear gaining weight, developing low blood sugar, and seeing their quality of life decline. A new study...

Teflon-coated Cells Could Help Treat Type 1 Diabetes. Scientists have invented a tiny implant covered in Teflon coating that contains transplanted insulin-producing cells. Teflon, the chemical used to coat non-stick pans,...

Diamyd Medical announced last week that the company's 4-year follow-up of Type 1 diabetes patients included in the company's Phase II study shows a clear positive trend.

This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device senses that glucose levels have fallen to or below a user-selected threshold.

Effects on weight loss, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk: a randomised control trial.

We now have drugs that can replace the GLP-1 hormone and we have drugs that can reduce the destruction of GLP-1. Now we may have a drug that increases the production of GLP-1.

Juice extracted from North American lowbush blueberries, biotransformed with bacteria from the skin of the fruit, holds great promise as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent, showing a reduction in blood glucose by...

The study of the role of an enzyme called 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO), may find the answer to preventing  the destruction of the beta-cells and could be a vital step in preventing Type 1 diabetes.

Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes, with high rates of patient satisfaction and compliance, results of a study...

Researchers find a gene that protects mice on a high-fat diet from becoming obese. University of Michigan researchers have identified a gene that acts as a master switch to control obesity. When the switch is turned off, even high-fat-diet...

Ninety-three percent of participants exceeded the recommended percentage of daily calories from fat, 85 percent exceeded the saturated fat recommendation and 92 percent...