We often talk about the increase in AGEs (Advanced Glycation Endproducts) in patients with diabetes. We mainly think about these AGE’s in the development of vascular injury in our diabetes patients. However, the collagen in our joints is also subject to glycosylation and this means that many of our diabetes …

I was in the check-out lane at a grocery store yesterday and, as I was waiting, I couldn’t avoid noticing the headlines of the magazines available for impulse purchase. It seemed that every one of these had some way to "cure" obesity, diabetes or even prediabetes. I glanced over three …

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration of the current obesity crisis with a discussion of prediabetes, the conditions which can lead to prediabetes including genetic disposition, and the possibility of preventing the onset of diabetes by acting quickly…. 

Oliver, aged 46, is found to have an abnormal lipid profile, during routine tests prior to employment abroad. Total cholesterol (TC) 6.5 mmol/L Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) 5.1 mmol/L High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) 0.9 mmol/L Triglycerides 1.4 mmol/L The patient is asymptomatic. What would you do? This patient …

Ten Year Obesity Rates Down for Young Children See this week’s summary here. More soon.

Razer Nabu It looks like my beloved Nike+ FuelBand, but in addition to logging and displaying your steps, distance, stairs and sleep, it has a second screen that will display text messages, Twitter, incoming calls and more — with both iOS and Android mobiles. It’s called a "social wearable" as …

More than half of diabetes patients are at risk for developing diabetic neuropathy which in severe cases can lead to lower-extremity amputations. As a common cause of hospitalizations among diabetic patients, they drive up diabetes-related costs which totaled $245 billion in 2012, up 41% from 2007. The CDC estimates that …

A clinical study on a T1D treatment developed by Dr. Eli Lewis, a BGU researcher, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Health Science Center, had an "exceptional outcome" after an eight week treatment of the anti-inflammatory serum protein, Alpha1-Antitrypsin (AAT). "Following treatment of eight to 12 weeks with AAT, …

Federal health authorities last week reported the stunning drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children, the first broad decline in the epidemic. The decrease emerged from a major federal health survey that experts say is the gold standard for evidence on what Americans weigh. The trend came …

Lower test performance of HbA1c in children raises concern….