Male, 72 years of age, type 2 diabetes, overweight secondary to binge eating disorder. Taking glipizide 20mg daily and metformin 1,000mg twice daily. Hypoglycemic unawareness. Not regularly checking glucose. Recent A1C 6.8%.
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2015
Mortality Among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes
Risks of death varied depending on age, glycemic control and renal complications.
Read More »Burst Exercise in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients Improves Cardiometabolic Status
HbA1c and lipids show improved with high-intensity physical activity.
Read More »Dapagliflozin Added to Saxagliptin Plus Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes
New study suggests triple therapy improves glycemic control.
Read More »Biomarkers of Major Adverse Outcomes in Diabetes
Recent study suggests that compelling biomarkers may predict major adverse outcomes, including death, in diabetes.
Read More »Cutting Back on Saturated Fats? The Benefit Depends on the Replacement
Carbohydrate substitutes do not decrease heart disease risk.
Read More »Diabetes Patients with Obesity Should Have Increased Bariatric Surgery Priority
Benefits of surgery result in substantially lower healthcare costs for diabetic patients.
Read More »Abdominal Fat Early in Pregnancy Predicts Gestational Diabetes
Higher fat in midsection poses increased risk for gestational diabetes later in pregnancy.
Read More »Can Human Cells Be Reprogrammed to Act as Pancreatic Beta Cells?
New technique may lead to novel treatment options for type 1 diabetes patients.
Read More »Statins May Decrease Efficacy of the Flu Shot
The anti-inflammatory effects may interfere with immune responses.
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