In the US, 73% of adults are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….

Detemir plus sitagliptin more effective than sitagliptin with metformin with or without a sulfonylurea….

When should aspirin be considered for the prevention of complications….

I am sitting here in Florida thinking about how many of you are waiting to find out if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. Sad as it seems I would guess that many of you freezing and covered with snow are hoping that the world’s most famous groundhog suffers from retinopathy …

The official numbers from the CDC are out for 2011 and once again the number of patients with diabetes is up. Last year my PowerPoint slides topped out at 24 million but this year the CDC has upped the number to nearly 26 million Americans. At this pace I will …

by Alan L. Graber, Anne W. Brown, Kathleen Wolff          Reviewed by Coleen Hart, PharmD Candidate Graber, Brown, and Wolff’s “A Life of Control: Stories of Living with Diabetes” provides the reader with unbiased, truthful, and endearing visions of how many aspects of life can be affected …

Long-Term Complications and Treatments: Dyslipidemia Steve V. Edelman, MD Robert R. Henry, MD Dyslipidemia Lipid abnormalities that accelerate atherosclerosis and increase the risk of CV disease are significantly more common in patients with type 2 diabetes than in nondiabetic individuals. In addition, central obesity associated with type 2 diabetes is …

This handout for patients gives them a simple way to test for starch and sucrose when they’re dining out, and can’t easily determine what the carb content of various foods is by looking at labels or asking restaurant personnel. Just click on this link to download the pdf: How to …

Introducing NovoPen Echo® for Kids Designed to fit children’s smaller hands with a dose button and a short travel distance making it easier for kids to use, NovoPen Echo® combines dosing in half-unit increments with a simple, easy-to-use, memory function. It has removable skins, so kids can personalize their pen. NovoPen …

FDA Says “Maybe Later” to Inhaled Insulin: MannKind’s whistle-sized inhaled insulin device, Afrezza, was designed to administer mealtime doses of powdered insulin in metered, single-use cartridges but ran into problems with the FDA over a redesign. FDA has asked for a new trial in Type 1 diabetes patients and another …