Dinesh Nagi, Editor   Drinking before exercise helps to delay the onset of severe dehydration, but the type of fluid taken should be chosen with care. Water empties from the stomach quickly but crosses the walls of the small intestine only slowly.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we cover how to help patients determine the correct time and amount of insulin dosage, examine the perils of sliding scales, and also give you the basics on how to deal with different degrees of hypoglycemia….

EQ02 LifeMonitor Cambridge Wireless revolutionizes health monitoring. The new Equivital EQ02 LifeMonitor incorporates a miniaturized body-worn sensor designed on a ‘wear and forget’ principle that senses, records, processes and transmits data from the human body. The data can be viewed, analyzed and acted upon in real time. The data that …

FDA Looking at Making Diabetes Drugs Available Over the Counter See this week’s Item #3, Diabetes and Statin Meds to Be Available without a Prescription.

Based on data from nearly 23,000 people with diabetes, the age-standardized prevalence of any diabetic retinopathy was 34.6%, which translates into an estimated 92.6 million adults worldwide. The prevalence of PDR was 6.96% (about 17.2 million adults), and the prevalence of DME was 6.81% (about 20.6 million adults). According to …

Researchers collected information on coffee drinking habits, diet, exercise and health from more than 42,000 adults without any chronic conditions. Nine years later, they found that coffee drinkers and non-drinkers were similarly likely to develop heart disease, stroke and cancer. Dr. Anna Floegel, lead author, said, “Our results suggest that …

Selenium supplementation might predispose some people to diabetes if they already have adequate levels of the metal, the author of a review cautioned. One study of more than 1,200 Americans found that those who took 200 micrograms of selenium daily for an average of nearly eight years had a higher …

A new study has shown that for people with iron-deficiency anemia, elevated A1c’s may not reflect glycemic parameter.…

In January, Elle, a type 1 normal teenager, walked into Massachusetts General Hospital to start the trial. Doctors fitted her for an artificial pancreas hooked up to a laptop, but in the future, the device will be the size of a cell phone.…

Prescription drugs to treat some of the most common chronic diseases, such as high cholesterol and diabetes, may become available over the counter under a plan being considered by U.S. regulators.…