Prostate cancer patients who also have long-term diabetes mellitus and/or diabetes with organ failure may have a higher likelihood of developing more aggressive, poorly differentiated disease….
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Low Melatonin Doubles Diabetes Risk
The evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes continues to mount….
Read More »New Markers Predict When Diabetic Patients Develop Cognitive Decline
Stroke and subclinical markers of vascular disease may help predict which older patients with type 2 diabetes will develop cognitive decline….
Read More »Low Calorie Diet Similar to Bariatric Surgery
In patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function improved similarly with a very-low-calorie diet compared to bariatric surgery….
Read More »Pregnancy Complications Signal Diabetes’ Risk
Two more common conditions in pregnancy double the odds of being diagnosed with diabetes years later….
Read More »Cells That Increase Fat Burning Found in Humans
The find is crucial for fat research and future treatment of obesity….
Read More »Power 20 Full Body
Power20 iOS and Android/Free Power 20 is a new app you can recommend for your patients. It includes a series of carefully curated, intense and effective workouts. The developers emphasize design and usability to deliver safe, tested and effective exercise combinations. These are High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workouts …
Read More »DCMS #135
Have you ever heard of 1,5-Anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG)? If not get ready to learn in this week’s Homerun Slides why testing for this compound will give a more accurate scorecard on diabetes care than an A1c or finger stick could even come close to. Our Disaster Averted is an analysis of …
Read More »Challenges in Identifying Postprandial Hypoglycemia, Part 2 of 4
With this week’s Homerun Slides series, we present the second set of a four part series which we’ll be bringing you over the course of four months. With this second set, we examine the currently available Postprandial Hyperglycemia Assessment Tools, and then explore one of the most recently discovered …
Read More »ADA/JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Sourcebook, Excerpt #1: Diagnosing Diabetes
Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, managing editor Diagnosing Diabetes Michael J. Haller, MD Standards of care endorsed by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) provide a number of overlapping criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes. Based …
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