Once-daily, single-injection treatment lowered HbA1c levels, decreased body weight and reduced risk for hypoglycemia in type 2 patients…
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Focused Care Improves Control Without Hypoglycemia Risk
Wearing a CGM on type 2 patients for 3 months improved control…
Read More »Can an SGLT-2 Inhibitor Be Used in Type 1 Diabetes?
SGLT-2 inhibitors are a new class of drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but they are also being used off label in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Read More »The Affordable Care Act and Diabetes: Is There an Impact?
Increased access to healthcare can be beneficial to Medicaid recipients in expansion states…
Read More »Checking the Scale Every Day Does Not Have to be a Bad Thing
Daily weight changes may motivate individuals to maintain a healthier lifestyle…
Read More »Eating Carbs Last Lowers BG Levels after a Meal
Eating protein, vegetables, and fat before carbohydrates is now being linked to lower blood sugar and insulin levels after the meal. A new study showed that after eating carbohydrates last, participants’ blood sugar levels were about 29% lower after 30 minutes, 37% lower after 60 minutes, and 17% lower after …
Read More »When Teens Exercise Like Young Kids, Health Improves
Health experts advise that children and teenagers should do at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day. Now, a new study of teenagers has found that the intensity of short bursts of activity makes a difference in health outcomes. The study showed that as little as 2 minutes of …
Read More »Putting ‘Added Sugars’ on Food Labels Confuses Shoppers
In a recent study, consumers who viewed nutrition panels with grams of "added sugars" as part of total grams of sugar miscalculated the amount of sugar. But when consumers looked at a nutrition panel that didn’t break out "added sugars," most of them correctly identified the amount of sugar. The …
Read More »Unifine Pentips Plus
The first all-in-one pen needle and remover for more convenient needle change. Unifine Pentips Plus is the world’s first integrated pen needle system that uses the same high quality needles as Unifine Pentips, but also features an integrated needle disposal chamber. Convenient and easy to use, this system encourages …
Read More »Letter from the Editor, #787
This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that federal exchanges for the Affordable Care Act were in accordance with the guidelines of the Act and millions of patients will be able to still have healthcare that otherwise would be left out. It has been an interesting couple of months …
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