Konstantinos Makrilakis, MD, PhD Nikolaos Katsilambros, MD, PhD.  Avoidance of complications Hypoglycemia and hypokalemia are the two most common complications of treatment of hyperglycemic crises with insulin. They have both been reduced significantly, however, with the administration of low-dose insulin and careful monitoring and replacement of serum potassium. 27,28 Frequent …

  With this week’s Homerun Slides, we pick up again on our Core Defects of Type 2 Diabetes series with Part 3. This set delves into the Targeting Mechanisms for a Comprehensive Approach, Complementary Mechanisms of Action, with a focus on sitagliptin…

We are at a point with oral medications for diabetes where there are new drug approvals in recently approved classes, new drug classes where the first in class is approved, as well as late trial research moving quickly for drugs in yet unapproved classes. First it was the DPP-4 inhibitors with …

Diabetes among US Adults Grew by 45% over 20 Years See this week’s Item #2. 

The Smart Pill Bottle  AdhereTech has created patented cloud-connected pill bottles that improve medication adherence. These bottles measure the exact number of pills or liquid in the bottle in real-time, wirelessly send this HIPAA-compliant data into the cloud, and remind patients to take their medication via phone call or text. …

Gargano Mortality Risk Score Calculator  An all-cause 2-year mortality risk web-based calculator developed for medical professionals for their type 2 patients. The calculator was developed and is easily accessible to health care professionals for their type 2 patients. Mortality Risk Score Calculator

The Milliman Medical Index measures the healthcare costs for a typical American family of four receiving healthcare benefits through an employer-sponsored preferred provider organization plan. For the second consecutive year, the increase over the prior year on a percentage basis was the lowest in the history of the study and …

Individuals who ate sweets at least every other day were no more likely to gain excess weight and did not have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who consumed sweets once a week or less, according to the US National Cancer Institute’s analysis of NHANES 05-06 data. Sweets …

While symptoms of gastroparesis are common in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients, the condition is significantly underdiagnosed in the latter population. Lead researcher Dr. Lee M. Kaplan said, "The surprisingly high prevalence of gastroparesis symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes suggests a need for greater awareness …

New predictive model for all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes….