For people with type 1 diabetes, long-acting insulin may be a better treatment choice than intermediate-acting insulin…. Different types of insulin are used to manage type 1 diabetes with insulin injections. Long-acting insulin takes about one hour to begin lowering blood sugar levels and lasts up to 26 hours, while intermediate-acting …

Gout appears to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in women….  Researchers followed more than 35,000 gout sufferers in the United Kingdom and found that women with gout were 71 percent more likely to develop diabetes compared with people without gout. For men, the increased risk was 22 …

By studying identical twins, researchers have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes…. The study involved 14 pairs of identical twins in Sweden and Denmark. One of each twin had type 2 diabetes while the other was healthy. Emma Nilsson, the researcher who carried out …

Insulin-dependent diabetes patients were at an increased risk of post-surgery complications following lumbar fusion including death, sepsis, wound infection and 30-day readmission…. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have an increased risk of a number of postoperative complications after lumbar fusion compared with those who have noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) …

Type 2 diabetes patients with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2 had the lowest mortality rate, while those in the 14.4 to 18.5 BMI range had an increased rate….

Survival rates similar for those with looser glucose limits…. Some previous research has suggested that high blood sugar after bypass and other types of heart surgery was associated with increased risk of health problems and death, but more recent research has found that might not be the case. This new …

When we were kids, we used to play a game called Red Light/Green Light, and the goal was to sneak up on the "it" person without them catching your moves. In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we bring you a way to use this game to help your patients get …

This week, we wrap up our short series of Type 1 Diabetes and Psychoeducation covering topics such as: Psychotherapeutic Interventions; the Role of Healthcare Providers; and Creating a Plan of Action. We’ve also included a list of resources for further research…. To download this slide set in PowerPoint format, just …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Etiology and clinical presentation Hypoglycemia is a common side effect of treatment with insulin and oral antidiabetic drugs, especially sulphonylureas, and is a major factor preventing patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes from achieving near normoglycemia. The brain is dependent …

Medicare Cracks Down on Hospitals with High 30 Day Readmission Rates A total of 2,610 hospitals in the U.S. will see their Medicare payments docked in fiscal 2015 for having excessive numbers of patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Some of the hospitals will lose 3% of their income …