David Joffe,BSPharm, CDE, FACA It has been over a week since Diabetologia released a meta-analysis of studies that possibly indicated that Lantus use is associatedwith cancer. During this time the lay press, television and cable news andhealth channels have pasted this all over the globe and many patients arecalling your …

POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN INSULIN GLARGINE AND CANCER QUESTIONED –  MORE RESEARCH REQUIRED Experts stress patients should not stop using insulin and consult their doctor if concerned.  See This Week’s Item 1 Takeda’s Diabetes Drug Alogliptin Rejected by FDA  Asia’s biggest drugmaker, Takeda, failed to gain U.S. regulatory approval to market …

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.,FACSM As a physically active person, you arelikely to be bombarded with claims about the superiority ofparticular diets and guarantees that specific nutritional supplementswill enhance your athletic performance. With the fierce competitionthat exists in sports nowadays, athletes look for any edge to improvetheir athletic ability. They will …

EXTRA – SPECIAL JULY 6th EDITION:  Top Clinicians Share Lantus Guidance  Click here for the inside stories…   Lantus Cancer Concern Inconclusive Details of a new study, “Lantus insulin: a possible link with cancer which requires further investigation,”to be published in the Journal of the EASD, “Diabetologia,” have been leaked. This …

Mothers who drink an excessive amount of fructose-sweetened beverages during pregnancy or breast-feeding may be likelier to have children—at least sons—who are more prone to becoming overweight and developing Type 2 diabetes, authors of a new study reported.

Just as in the Accord study and in the Avandia debacle controversy, premature release of this kind of information before all the facts are in can be devastating for the medical community and patients. They will tell patients to consult with their physicans before making any changes to their treatment. …

Researchers studying 6,538 people in the UK over almost 10 years found specific changes in blood glucose levels and sensitivity to the hormone insulin.

The Mediterranean diet is back in the news today, with new information suggesting that “wine, veg and little meat [are a] recipe for long life.” The researchers said that they had found that not all components of the Mediterranean diet had the same benefits.

If only patients knew, just how important lifestyle factors are? With that said, one could easily argue that the laboratory measures are actually proxies for lifestyle factors. Ninety percent of new diabetes cases may be due to lifestyle factors. Just maybe we should spend more effort educating patients on lifestyle …

Through its effect on adipose metabolism, vitamin D, the precursor and active forms, in adequate levels, plays an important role in helping patients lose weight, according to new research.