Young adults who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, and being obese at an older age is associated with a lower overall survival rate for patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study.

Casey Murphy PharmD candidate 2010  University of Florida College of Pharmacy Dave Joffe, BSPharm, CDE, FACA Preceptor

Combination Therapy: Oral medications during the day and Lantus at night

We have had a long relationship with Steven V. Edelman, MD and TCOYD, Our publisher Steve Freed has collaborated with Dr. Edelman to help diabetes patients learn more about diabetes. Dr. Edelman is Editor of the journal Insulin, and we are going to kick off his arrival by having him …

Controlling blood sugars may not be enough to prevent the complications of diabetes.   See this week’s Item 6

Personalized Discussion Guide for Your Next Doctor Visit Here is a guide from BD that your patients can click on and generate questions they can ask their doctor at their next visit, based on their individual needs.  Is it time for a change in your Type 2 diabetes treatment? Personalized …

Dr. Aaron Vinik, principle investigator for the study at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, is testing a new diabetes drug, Prochymal.  It’s part of a first-of-its-kind study for finding a possible cure.

Insulin-resistant men had significant improvement in erectile function when metformin was added to sildenafil(Viagra), according to data from a small clinical study.  Metformin increases the activity of sildenafil.

The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., and what they found was that, men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels by as much as 25%, a new study concludes.

Lead author Claudia Sedlinsky, MD, of GIOMM – La Plata National University, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina stated that, both metformin and rosiglitazone are widely used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.