In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver’s production of glucose….

Drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals has filed for regulatory approval of a drug to treat diabetes and elevated triglycerides in the bloodstream in children and adults with a rare disorder…. 

When my interns come to my rotation they have to live like they have type 2 and type 1 diabetes and this includes injecting themselves with saline based on calculating their insulin dose. A couple of years ago I was discussing this with an endocrinologist friend and mentioned that sometimes …

It’s all about the pounds this week in the latest and best articles on the internet from our staff here at Diabetes in Control. The research is exploding in various ways to fight the diabetes, weight, and cholesterol triad. Exercise and physical activity play a big part in this as …

 By Richard S. Beaser, M.D.   Can you answer this question? If a person without diabetes were to be given a slow intravenous infusion of a 5% glucose solution into the right arm, what would the glucose levels be from blood drawn from the left arm? Find out what the …

  This week, we have the second and last of our two-part Homerun Slides series on Pramlintide, covering safety issues and providing some guidelines for prescribing this important medication….

Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, MACP Eastern Virginia Medical School, Strelitz Diabetes and Neuroendocrine Center Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Norfolk, Virginia USA Topiramate is a structurally novel anti-epileptic drug effective in management of various types of epilepsy and prevention of migraine headaches. A sulfamate substituted …

Johnson & Johnson to possibly sell their Animas Diabetes Pump and One Touch Glucose Monitor divisions.  

From dLife comes a guide (in pdf format) that can help your patients better understand how diabetes can cause cardiovascular disease. Can your patients answer the question: What percent of patients with diabetes are affected by cardiovascular complications?

Worksmart Labs, Inc. Android/Free This is one app that we have been using for more than 2 years, to record our workouts.