Italian researchers found that patients with borderline hyperglycemia who took Pycnogenol, a natural plant extract, showed a significant improvement in their endothelial functions and a reduction in oxidative stress and fasting glucose levels. Patients with borderline hypertension also saw their blood pressure normalized and those with borderline hyperlipidemia had reduced …

  A list from the U.K. of the newest insulins available overseas and in the U.S. What’s New In Insulin Products (PDF) 

  New investigational technology from MicroCHIPS (Lexington, Massachusetts) may make long-term, wireless drug delivery possible. The microchip-based implant is placed under the skin and contains 200 micro-reservoirs that can each store 1 mg of medication. Clinicians can remotely control medication release wirelessly; it can also be outfitted with sensors that …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Given that fear of hypoglycemia during exercise is a known barrier to exercise participation, particularly for insulin users with diabetes, it is worthwhile to discuss some novel approaches to using exercise itself to manage blood glucose levels during activities. Based on some newer research, …

Steve, Joy and I are spending our time at the 24th Annual Scientific and Clinical Conference of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in Nashville, Tennessee. We have spent four days reviewing posters and interviewing the top researchers and practitioners in order to bring you the latest information. We will …

A married male patient, 68 years of age, has been prescribed long-acting insulin twice a day because once-daily does not work 24 hours for him, and his dose is large. Therefore breaking it into two smaller injections helps bring down his glucose, but only when he remembers to take his …

When I am discussing the value of physical activity with patients I will often start bending my left ring finger repeatedly and tell the patients that, "I can lower glucose just by doing this. However it is a small muscle and it will take a lot of repetitions." The goal …

  Dr. Joe Houmard talks about how, if we all began working on “weight maintenance” immediately after leaving high school, it would reduce our national health care expenditure phenomenonally. Instead, the focus is on “weight loss” rather than healthy, gradual physical fitness. Joe Houmard, Ph.D. has been at East Carolina University …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue with the 2015 ADA Guidelines with slides on: Correlation of A1c With Average Glucose, Management of Hypoglycemia, and Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes….

Legislation would provide coverage for National Diabetes Prevention Program to Medicare beneficiaries at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes… The American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Medical Association (AMA), and the YMCA have introduced the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act (S. 1131/H.R. 2102). Sponsored by Senator Al Franken (D-MN), Senator Susan …