Timing is everything and without a doubt this is true when it comes to eating, obesity and weight loss. This week’s Clinical Text from JOSLIN’S DIABETES DESKBOOK – A Guide for Primary Care Providers gives us some clues as to why and when your patients eat can affect their diabetes …

Amy P. Campbell, MS, RD, CDE, and Richard S. Beaser, M.D. The weeks excerpt answers the following questions: How important is timing of meals? How flexible can meal timing be? What is the traditional gauge to measure obesity? What are the forces that can affect the ability to achieve a …

  In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, with part 3 of our series on infections in patients with diabetes, we focus particularly on infections on the feet and legs including diabetic foot ulcers as well as osteomyelitis….

A kidney stone is a solid mass developed from crystals that separate from the urine within the urinary tract. Kidney stones can contain various components. The most common type of stone contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate. A less common type of stone is caused by an …

Years ago, just out of pharmacy school, I worked in a nursing home pharmacy where we supplied the oral and IV medications for several facilities. When we could not get an IV started in a patient we used a drug called hyaluronidase to increase absorption of the drug: then we …

Care4Life  Last week was the launch of Care4Life, a mobile-based diabetes education and support program that leverages text messaging, a mobile app and a web portal. “Since 99% of text messages are read and over 90% are read within three minutes, this channel can be very effective in its ability …

Zamzee Tackles Childhood Obesity  Developed by HopeLab, Zamzee is an activity meter that measures movement using a three-axis accelerometer and uploads physical activity data to a motivational game-based website. Zamzee.com allows kids to view their activity levels, earn points for movement, achieve goals, and select rewards. In a study, kids …

The Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians survey found that four out of five people with type 2 diabetes who take insulin to help control their condition have experienced self-treated hypoglycemia with 36% experiencing an episode within the last month. Of these, 46% reported increasing blood glucose monitoring as a …

The FDA has authorized an abbreviated new drug application, which means no further clinical trials are needed to demonstrate the safety or effectiveness of the product. Boston Therapeutics plans to market the new formulation of the generic drug metformin hydrochloride under the brand name Pazametm. The next step before moving …

Each year, the Trust for America’s Health reports disease and weight conditions within each state. This year it included future potential health statistics, calculating the increase the states have already had in the past, and then applying it to how it will affect America in the future. There is also …