Diabetes has infiltrated the Middle East and is now leading to the deaths of nearly one in every three adults…

Kidney transplant patients who lost the most weight before the procedure showed a significant 25% decreased risk of having new-onset diabetes after transplantation, compared with those who gained the most weight. Presented at the 2015 American Transplant Congress

In another example of the "obesity paradox," a long-term study of 10,568 type 2 diabetes patients found that participants who were overweight were 13% less likely to die than participants who had normal BMI’s or were obese. The researchers speculated that being overweight may help type 2 diabetes patients avoid …

A new study revealed that just a 10% improvement in A1C levels led to a 35% lower risk of undergoing diabetes-related eye surgery for type 1 diabetes patients, and intensive management reduced the risk even more, by nearly 50%. New England Journal of Medicine

  Learning how to use the new pen, including how the patient should be started and how to titrate the dose. Patient Handout for Toujeo  

  The FDA has approved the t:flex insulin pump for marketing. The pump, manufactured by Tandem Diabetes Care, can store the largest amount of insulin (480 units) of any pump available in the U.S. Designed for people who require more than 80 units of U-100 insulin per day, the t:flex …

Now if we can get them to pass it, we could reduce cost by billions and improve the quality of life for millions. See this week’s Item #1.  

On April 16, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. This law does away with the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for Medicare payments for patient care, which was designed to hold down spending and consistently reduce physician payments. Under the new law, …

Usually, when a patient has a side effect from a diabetes drug, medical professionals find that the patient never wants to use the medication again. For years, we have seen older patients who say they have a penicillin allergy and won’t allow us to prescribe any related drug even though …

Joe Houmard, PhD, talks about the minimum recommended amount of exercise everyone should get each day, about 30 minutes. He also clarifies that this means, “vigorous exercise,” and defines what that means exactly. And he notes that some people just starting out might want to start with less while others …