Mediterranean Diet Can Preserve Memory and Thinking Skills
Mediterranean diet may delay the onset of symptoms of dementia....
Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk 12 Fold, for Those under 65
Patients with diabetes remain at greatly increased risk for ischemic stroke at all ages, but especially in the under-65 age group....
New Markers Predict When Diabetic Patients Develop Cognitive Decline
Stroke and subclinical markers of vascular disease may help predict which older patients with type 2 diabetes will develop cognitive decline....
Being Obese in Your 20's Increases Risk of Heart Disease at 55
Danish study found overweight males in their 20s had worse health in middle age....
Diabetic Emergencies, Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Hyperosmolar Non-ketotic Hyperglycemia, Part 1
Konstantinos Makrilakis, MD,...
Metformin May Slow Aging Process
Worms treated with metformin live longer. The drug may slow the aging process by mimicking the effects of dieting....
Metformin May Delay Aging and Cancer Progression
Metformin delays aging and cancer progression by reducing the production of....
Seniors Benefit from Exercise DVDs
Just 3 times a week home-based DVD exercise programs can be effective....
Parents of Baby Boomers Healthier than Their Kids
Today's baby boomers do not fare very well compared with….
Alzheimer's Linked to Diabetes
Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have been linked to cognitive problems like Alzheimer's disease and dementia....
Metabolic Syndrome in 40's Linked to Exercise at Age 16
Television viewing habits and leisure-time physical activity at the age of 16 years independently predicts….
Macular Degeneration Linked to Aspirin Use
Regular aspirin use was associated with an elevated risk for neovascular age-related macular degeneration....
Elderly Patients Benefit from Group Education
Compared with younger adults, older adults get greater glycemic benefit from participating in self-management interventions in small groups....
Hastened Cognitive Decline Seen with Type 2 Diabetes
Cognitive decline seems to increase with….
Putting Seniors Older than 74 on a Restrictive Diet Provides Little Benefit
For seniors over 74 years of age, putting them on a restrictive diet is….
Help Your Senior Patients Prevent Diabetes
Looking for 10,000 seniors on Medicare to participate in a free program to prevent diabetes....
Pre-Diabetes Can Affect Cognitive Performance
These risk factors of diabetes could affect your ability to process thoughts....
Diabetes Drug Can Restore Memory Loss from Alzheimer's
A drug that was initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetes patients has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's sufferers....
How Should We Treat the Elderly with Diabetes?
More than one-quarter of all adults over age 65 have diabetes but there is little research on how to treat the disease in older adults....
Insulin Resistance in Middle-aged Patients Increases Atrophy of Brain in Alzheimer's
Additionally, insulin resistance in this patient population may negatively affect gray matter volume in the medial temporal lobe....
Age Itself Should Not Dictate Therapy
According to a new consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the American Geriatrics Society, treatment goals for older adults with type 2 diabetes should take into account life expectancy and the presence of...
More Strokes in Middle-Age than in Elderly
Data from a regional stroke registry suggest that stroke may be shifting from a disease of the elderly to a midlife health concern....
Elevated Sugars Linked to Brain Shrinkage
People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia....
Keys to Weight Loss after Menopause
Conventional wisdom says weight gain is inevitable with menopause and that losing weight is difficult but a new study questions this wisdom....
Tighter Glycemic Control Leads to Increased Risk for Hip Fractures in Type 2 Elderly
Researchers found a three-fold increase in the odds of hip fracture for HbA1c levels below 6% relative to levels above 8%; for HbA1c levels between 6% and 7%, the odds of fracture were doubled....
Physicians Recommending Apps to Their Baby Boomer Patients
Sixty percent of boomers are likely to download an app recommended by a physician, but the question is how to get them to use it....
Cocoa Can Boost Cognitive Function
By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)....
New Position Statement on Diabetes for Older Adults
Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people....
Sex and Race Factor into Weight Loss with Gastric Bypass
Being older, male, or black significantly raised the risk for weight-loss failure after gastric bypass in a single-center study of more than 1,200 patients....
Vitamin D Linked to Modest Decrease in Weight Gain
Adequate vitamin D levels were associated with less weight gain among women aged 65 years and older during a 4.5-year period....
Diabetes Speeds Cognitive Decline
The higher the A1c the more cognitive decline was found, which means that having diabetes and poor glucose control may put older patients on a faster path to cognitive impairment....
ADA: Sitagliptin Reduced HbA1c and Weight In Elderly Patients with Diabetes
Sitagliptin yielded similar glycemic results as sulfonylureas, but with less hypoglycemia and improvements in body weight among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes....
Glycemic Control Versus Brain Volume
Diabetes and a transition from impaired fasting glucose to diabetes were associated with decreased….
Caloric Restriction Linked to Reduced Inflammation Markers
For obese postmenopausal women, weight loss diet with or without exercise cuts inflammatory biomarkers....
Fall Much? You Need to Exercise More, Not Less, to Prevent Falls
Chemicals in Cosmetics Linked to Diabetes
Serum levels of phthalate metabolites are linked with the development of type 2 diabetes in the elderly....
Anti-VEGF Shot Improves Sight for Diabetes Patients
Advantages in improved visual acuity seen with bevacizumab injections are maintained long term for diabetic macular edema patients compared with improvements from laser surgery.
Exercise with Weight Loss Improves Mobility in Diabetes
People with diabetes are twice as likely to have mobility problems as other people their age, and losing weight and improving fitness may ward off some of the mobility problems that older overweight people with type 2 diabetes often...
Fasting Blood Glucose Predicts Depression in Nondiabetics
Fasting blood glucose may be a biomarker of depression in elderly patients....
New Evidence Links Alzheimer's and Diabetes
An emerging body of research suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be linked to insulin resistance, constituting a third type of diabetes....
Retinopathy Can Signal Impending Cognitive Decline
In a group of healthy older women, retinopathy was associated with worsening cognitive function over 10 years and with larger ischemic lesion volumes on brain imaging....
Low Parathyroid Hormone Levels Linked to Fracture Risk in Diabetic Women
In postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, low levels of parathyroid hormone are associated with an increased risk for vertebral fractures....
High Blood Glucose Increases CKD Chances in Elderly
Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease, had an increased risk of CKD....
FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label
The FDA said last week that all statins must carry warnings about increased risks of elevated blood sugar and possible transient memory and cognition problems, but at the same time the agency removed a standing recommendation for routine...
Diabetic Polyneuropathy Not Related to Impaired Glycemia
Impaired glycemia (IG) is not a risk factor for typical or atypical diabetic polyneuropathy, according to the findings of a population-matched prospective study....
Unnecessary, Expensive Tests Used to Diagnose Neuropathy
The high cost of diagnosing peripheral neuropathy could be greatly reduced if doctors ordered the right tests....
Prediabetes Does Not Explain Diabetic Polyneuropathies
In a reversal of two decades of medical reports, a Mayo Clinic study finds the frequency of nerve damage called diabetic polyneuropathy is similar in prediabetic patients and healthy people....
Decaffeinated Coffee Might Boost Brain Power for Type 2 Diabetes
Decaf coffee was found to improve glucose energy metabolism in the brain in mouse studies....
Cardiac Death Risk Set by Age 55
Even a couple of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in middle age as diabetes and hypertension or hypercholesterolemia spell high lifetime risk for the heart....
Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication....
Glycemic Control Linked to Brain Function and Structure
An accelerated decline in brain function is an important risk that needs to be examined further in relation to glycemic control in older people with long-standing diabetes....
Insulin Sensitizers Limit Muscle Loss in Older Diabetes Patients
Insulin sensitizers may limit the muscle loss seen in elderly men with type 2 diabetes....
Tight Control No Help for Cognitive Loss in Diabetes
Tight glucose control won't mitigate the cognitive effects of type 2 diabetes, an ACCORD subanalysis found....
Post Prandial Elevations Linked to Alzheimer's Risk
Dementia risk may rise when glucose gets out of control, particularly after meals, according to a longitudinal study....
People with Diabetes Are Twice as Likely to Develop Dementia
According to a new study, people with diabetes appear to be at a significantly increased risk of developing dementia and the study also found that risk of developing dementia significantly increased for those with...
Menopause and Diabetes Risk
Menopause does not adversely affect diabetes risk or strategies to prevent diabetes in women who already have an increased risk for the disease, investigators reported....
New and Unique Strategies Proposed for Older Americans with Diabetes
The need to establish diabetes management programs that are more accessible to the elderly is gaining greater urgency amid unprecedented growth of older minority populations who are most at risk, particularly older African-Americans,...
ADA: Even Diet Soda Induces Weight Gain in the Elderly
The perception that diet soft drinks are a benign alternative to highly sweetened beverages might be dangerously wrong....
Editor's Note: Misconceptions about Diabetes and Eye Disease, Correct Pump Settings and Case Study
This week I picked up my new glasses and was chatting with the optometrist about how many of his patients have diabetes. Dr. Adler sees a good number of them as his population is a little older and what surprises him is that they often make no...
People with Diabetes Twice as Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age
Age-related hearing loss is more common in people with diabetes than those who don't have it....
In Diabetes Patients, Good Scores on Bone Tests May Not Rule Out Risk
Although many older diabetes patients have good bone density scores, they are as prone to fractures as people with osteoporosis....
Scientists Discover 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol
Study of super-sticky LDL may spur new heart disease treatments for seniors with type 2 diabetes....
Weight Loss Surgery May Benefit Older Adults
Age does not appear to significantly increase the risks associated with having weight loss surgery....
Editor's Note: LTC/AL Patients and the Challenge of Diabetes
While you are reading this, I am in Las Vegas for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists meeting. These pharmacists work with clinicians and residents in LTC and AL facilities and are specialists in geriatric medicine: they have their work...
Treating Diabetes Can Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other vascular risk factors may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people who already show signs of declining thinking skills or memory problems....
Salt Guidelines for Diabetes Patients Questioned
Researchers are challenging guidelines that urge diabetes patients to cut back on salt in their diet....
Low Glycemic Level Linked to Higher Mortality in Elderly
For older patients with Type 2 diabetes, target hemoglobin A1c levels less than 6.0% are associated with increased mortality risk, and outcomes are best among those with intermediate levels of control....
Diabetes Tied to Higher Parkinson's Disease Risk
People with diabetes may have a slightly increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease....
Why Some Diabetes Patients Have No Complications Even After 50 Years
Some people who have survived diabetes for many decades exhibit remarkably few complications, a discovery that points toward the presence of protective factors that guard against the disease's effects....
New Study Shows Moderate Exercise Prevents Premature Aging
"Those who had endurance exercise training three times a week looked as young as healthy mice while their sedentary siblings were balding, graying, physically inactive, socially isolated, and less fertile...."
High Blood Sugars Increases Death Risk by 23% in Hospitalized Elderly
In hospitals, a blood glucose level of 180 mg/dl or less might be an appropriate target in people who have not been diagnosed with diabetes....
Blood Pressure-Lowering Medication Not Beneficial in Acute Stroke
Lowering blood pressure early during acute stroke did nothing to improve outcomes and may actually impair patients' ability to live independently later on....
Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Memory Loss in Older People
Older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss....
Diabetes Impacts Spouses of Those with Diabetes
Older patients with diabetes who are not dealing well with the disease are likely to have symptoms of depression, and spouses of older patients also suffer distress related to diabetes and its management....
Just 2000 Steps a Day Keeps Diabetes Risk Away
Walking not only prevents weight gain in middle age but also helps prevent or delay diabetes....
Can Demographics Determine the Quality of Diabetes Care?
Patient demographics such as ethnicity and age may play a large role in determining whether or not they receive appropriate Type 2 diabetes care....
Maintaining High Physical Activity for Many Years Lessens Weight Gain Going into Middle Age
Young adults, particularly women, who maintained high levels of moderate and vigorous activity over a period of 20 years experienced smaller gains in weight and waist circumference during the transition from young adulthood to middle age,...
Albuminuria Predicts Cognitive Decline Independent of Kidney Function
Albuminuria and an eGFR below 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 are independent predictors of the risk for cognitive decline with albuminuria the stronger predictor of the two....
New Report Ties Diabetes to Shortened Life Expectancy
Despite medical advances, a 50-year-old with the disease still can expect to live 8.5 years fewer years, on average, than a 50-year-old without the disease....
Type 1 Diabetes Death Rate is Falling But….
Average rate is still 7 times higher in people with the disease vs. those without it....
CDC: Diabetes Cases Could Triple by 2050
Older, more diverse population and longer lifespans contribute to increase....
Fifty Years with Diabetes and No Retinopathy
Many long-term survivors with diabetes show little or no progression of retinopathy after a certain point, and this resistance apparently has nothing to do with glycemic control, a researcher found....
A Few Extra Pounds May Benefit Older People
A little excess weight after age 70 could do the body some good, according to results of a study involving 9,000 older patients. Overweight study participants had a 13% lower risk of death compared with normal-weight...
Insulin Implicated in Cell Survival, Cell Metabolism and Stress Response
Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, CA, have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival…
Diabetes Does Not Impair Sex Among Older Adults
Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85. Almost 70 percent of partnered men with diabetes and 62 percent of partnered women with diabetes engaged in ...
Calcium Supplements Boost Heart-Attack Risk: Meta-Analysis
The use of calcium supplements without coadministered vitamin D is associated with an increased risk of MI. The finding, from a meta-analysis encompassing 15 randomized trials and up to 11,921 participants, warrants a reassessment of the...
More Evidence Actos and Avandia Increases Risk of Bone Fracture
The popular diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia boost the risk of fracture in older women, according to findings from a new study that echo those of earlier research...
ADA: Diabetes Screening Cost Effective
Screening for Type 2 diabetes in high-risk patient populations likely saves money even in the short term, researchers affirmed....
Body Fat Linked to Diabetes Risk in Older People
To avoid Type 2 diabetes, seniors may need to watch their weight just as closely as younger individuals do, a prospective cohort study showed....
Age Increases Muscle Defects and Insulin Resistance
The risk for insulin resistance and diabetes grows as we age. A new report in Cell Metabolism, reveals a new contributor to the problem: the muscles of elderly people and of people with Type 2 diabetes contain lower concentrations of a...
Diabetic Macular Edema Improves with New Teatment
Patients with diabetic macular edema saw more improvement when intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis) was added to photocoagulation laser treatment than with laser alone, according to results of a National Eye Institute-sponsored...
Aspirin Use in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients Remains Controversial
Regular use of aspirin in patients who are 40 years or older with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective, according to a published study....
U.S. Hispanics Have High Rates of Blindness
Latinos have higher rates of developing visual impairment, blindness, diabetic eye disease, and cataracts than non-Hispanic whites, researchers found....
Diabetes Linked to Irregular Heartbeat
Diabetes is linked to a 40 percent greater risk of developing atrial fibrillation -- the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat, researchers found in a new study....
Diabetic Women Fall Fast Into Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan "doughnut hole"....
Parental Monitoring Crucial in Childrens Adherence to Diabetes Treatment
Preteens and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan -- thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease -- if their parents...
Identifying Dysglycemia in Children Could Avoid Diabetes
Fasting plasma glucose levels within the normoglycemic range in childhood can be a predictor of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in adulthood, according to the results of a new study....
Screening for Diabetes Cost-Effective
Screening for Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective when it's initiated between ages 30 and 45 and continued every three to five years, researchers say....
Women Who Breastfeed Have Lower Diabetes Risk
Mothers who do not breastfeed have a 50 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life compared with childless women, Australian research has found....
China Overtakes India as the Global Epicenter of the Diabetes Epidemic
China has overtaken India as the global epicenter of the diabetes epidemic after a study showed twice as many Chinese are afflicted with the disease as previously estimated....
Eye Disease Linked to Weakened Brain Power in People with Diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population, could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
Taking Naps Increases Risk for Diabetes 28-36%
Even intentional napping may increase older adults' risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a large cohort study.
Diabetes and the Risk of Dementia
Diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia and the risk is stronger when diabetes occurs at mid-life than in late life according to university researchers in Sweden....
Stress Affects Brain Function in Older People with Type 2 Diabetes
According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, UK, stress increases the risk of memory loss and cognitive decline in older people with Type 2 diabetes....
TZD Patients Are 50% More Likely to Develop Bone Fractures
A Henry Ford Hospital study finds women with Type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications called TZD's to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures within 1 year of taking the...
More Info on Depression Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes
Non-severe, persistent, and untreated depression may lead to the development of diabetes in people older than 55 years, according to results from a 5-year longitudinal study....
Small Increase in Diabetes Risk in Statin Patients
For many, benefits of lowering cholesterol outweigh drugs' downsides, researchers say....
Unfit at 20, Diabetes at 40
Twenty-somethings who aren't physically fit may be at an increased risk of developing diabetes in middle age, researchers said....
Childhood Obesity and Pre-Diabetes Linked with Premature Death
Obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypertension in childhood are strongly linked with premature death from endogenous causes in young adulthood and middle age, according to the results of a new epidemiological study....
FDA Expands Rosuvastatin Use to People with Normal LDL
The FDA has approved the statin for reducing the risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, and revascularization procedures in individuals who have normal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels. The new labeling, recommended by an FDA advisory...
Normal Glucose Greater than 85mg/dL in Kids Predicts Diabetes Later
Increases in fasting plasma glucose during childhood -- even though levels remain in the normal range 85-100mg/dL.) -- can predict adult prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes later in life, a retrospective cohort study...
Physical Activity Associated with Healthier Aging
Studies in Archives of Internal Medicine detail associations between exercise and cognitive function, bone density and overall health....
Diabetes Triples Risk of Dementia in Older People
Some older people with mild memory-loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes....
Mild Cognitive Impairment with Diabetes Increases Risk of Progression to Dementia
Researchers found that older people with memory loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes.
Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Slow Rate of Cognitive Decline
Older adults who used the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba for several years did not have a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to adults who received placebo, according to a new study.
Mortality Trends In Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Subjects Over 33 Years
This study aimed to analyze mortality trends in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects during 1972-2004.
Testosterone and Diabetes, Part 1 of 3
In this week's Homerun Slides series prepared for by Sara Dempsey, Doctor of...
Hypertension in the Medicare Population, Part 2 of 2
In this second set of Homerun Slides on Hypertension in the Medicare Population, we review some...
Hypertension in the Medicare Population, Part 1 of 2
In this week's Homerun Slides set, we take a look at the challenges posed by an increasingly...
Diabetes Therapy in the Elderly
