According to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, middle-aged women have an improved likelihood of healthy aging with a flavonoid-rich diet. They followed more than 13,800 women through a 15-year period. The women who noted eating more flavonoid-rich foods, such as those found in citrus fruits, dark chocolate, berries, lentils, …

Novo’s Echo Pen Insulin pens that remember the last dose come in handy during moments when patients can’t remember how much insulin they’ve taken or how long ago their last dose was. Novo Nordisk’s NovoPen Echo reusable insulin pen features half-unit dosing and a memory function that records the last …

This week there was some really interesting information about patients, hospitals, rewards, and penalties. Propublica Communications, a non-government watchdog of financial healthcare issues, reported that increasingly non-profit hospitals were suing low-income patients for not paying their medical bills. These non-profit facilities receive generous tax breaks in exchange for taking care …

In this seconds-long video, our Editor-in-chief, Dave Joffe, PharmD, demonstrates the new FlexTouch Pen. Show this video to all your patients!…

Our pharmacy was recently included in a large training program from Novo to educate pharmacists on how to use the new FlexTouch pen. This new pen eliminates the thumb throw that makes it hard for many patients to delver larger doses of insulin. One of my colleagues called and asked …

Dr. Aaron Vinik talks about how medical devices that gauge the physical condition of patients can be used to motivate those patients to better lifestyle management. Having more data available such as A1c levels, blood pressure, and other numbers, as well as being fully aware of what the data means …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue with our review of diabetes therapy from a cardiovascular perspective. We finish up our discussion of how to treat inflammation issues and move on to treating the whole biome including a look at probiotic, prebiotic, and antibiotic treatment of the abnormal gut biome…. To download …

Recently, a patient of mine called about her post-meal glucose levels which were increasing.

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Disordered gastrointestinal motor function occurs in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and can result in symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, malnutrition, poor glycemic control and delayed absorption of orally administered drugs (Figure 23.1). Gustatory sweating, typically affecting the …

An 83-year-old woman who lived alone and was very active in her community was having wide swings in her glucose levels. She reported sometimes waking up hours after dinner with her head in her dinner plate. She did not understand why. She did not have family or caretakers nearby to …