By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)…. 

We often discuss the value of physical activity with our diabetes patients, and focus on how this helps control glucose levels. When it comes to our insulin-using patients, we add information about exercise induced hypoglycemia as well. This week our Clinical Text goes into detail on the use of physical …

Dinesh Nagi       The prevalence of diabetes is rising rapidly worldwide, and certain developing nations are currently going through an upsurge of type 2 diabetes of epidemic proportions.1

This set of Homerun Slides put together by Diabetes In Control staff is specifically geared towards the cardiovascular benefits of incretins.  Link to download (.ppt format): GLP-1 Agonists and Cardiovascular Health, Part 1 of 2 Other sets in this series: GLP-1 Agonists and Cardiovascular Health, Part 2 of 2 See more GLP-1 Agonist …

Ulticare  Our patients are often at a loss to know what to do with their old syringes and pen needles and they sometimes toss them in the trash for lack of a better solution. Now Ulticare syringes and pen needles come in a safe container for disposal. As you remove …

Most of the time we are treating patients with type 2 diabetes, and sometimes we lose sight of our type 1 patients. The majority of these patients develop type 1 at a young age and are referred to a pediatric endocrinologist for treatment. These patients often stay with this clinician …

"Dear Roommate" Letter  Many of our diabetes patients are starting or returning to college and that means new experiences and new friends or roommates. This week’s tool is a "Dear Roommate" letter that you can give to your patients to help them explain their disease to their new friends and …

An estimated 25.8 million Americans, or 8.3% of the population, have diabetes and almost a third of those don’t know it, the CDC said. Another 79 million people have prediabetes, with high fasting glucose or HbA1c levels but not quite at the frank diabetes level, the agency said in its …

Price is the primary factor in customers choosing a company — except in health care, where personal experience with doctors or hospitals is more important. Consumers who have become accustomed to the customer-focused practices adopted by hotels, banks and retailers increasingly are judging physicians by those standards. Medicare and other …

Cholesterol levels have improved slightly among American youth over the past two decades, according to new government data. From 1988 to 2010, the rate of high total cholesterol dropped from 11% to 8% in children ages 6 to 19. The levels of LDL cholesterol and fats in the blood also …