Pulse Boot: The Diabetic Boot Company The Pulse Boot is not yet available but a prototype has been developed and has been tested at Royal Free Hospital London. The Pulse Boot vision is to create the most effective therapy boot for treating diabetic foot ulcers and reduce the number of foot amputations. …

    By Sheri Colberg, PhD Iatrogenic hypoglycemia (i.e., blood glucose levels of

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM has been writing for us for the past seven years and she is our go-to guru when it comes to anything that has to do with diabetes and physical activity. We are proud to announce that her new book, Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician’s Guide …

Complications Combat – An Educational Game  Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly & Company have launched an educational digital game for type 2 diabetes called Complications Combat. The game, available for desktop and iPad users, is designed to raise awareness of the many complications associated with type 2 diabetes and the …

An innovative new shoe could significantly reduce the number of diabetic foot amputations from inadequate blood flow by replicating the pumping mechanism of the body’s circulatory system. Pulseboot, which was developed in the U.K., is drawing interest in a number of other countries, including the U.S. The design, created five …

Doctor-patient communication that leads to medical decision-making needs improvement, according to four studies and a commentary published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Patient surveys found physicians did not always discuss risks and benefits of treatments or screenings, patient prognosis, or eligibility for transplants. Data showed some patients wanted information and control …

The independent panel of national experts also said in the new draft recommendation statement that there is not enough evidence to weigh the benefits and risks of screening for diabetes that develops during pregnancy before 24 weeks. "It’s important to remember that each case of gestational diabetes affects two people: …

Even with newer anti-diabetic agents and technology, primary care physicians today are still faced with barriers that prevent optimal disease management in their diabetic patients…. 

A new study tested the use of low carbohydrate medical nutrition for the initial treatment of gestational diabetes compared to a control diet….