Risks shown to increase for middle-aged patients as BMI decreases…

Greater supply, mail order pharmacy use, lower copays, lower out-of-pocket expense shown effective…. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses a STAR program to monitor the quality of care in Medicare Advantage health plans. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente examined the relationship between those STAR medication adherence metrics and …

Major vascular disease is correlated with low TBI, not ABI…

Patient interaction with doctors via social media found as effective as regular visits…

DR prevalence of DR higher in T1s; T2s have the major burden…. One of the microvascular complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR), which can cause blindness and low vision in this patient population along with other age-related eyes condition. Many screening programs have been …

Study finds type 2 risk in nondiabetic patients decreased… Moderate alcohol consumption can reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes as compared to heavy drinking, and the risk reduction differs between men and women. In a previous study, alcohol consumption of 24 g alcohol/day reduces type 2 diabetes risk by …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM It may have been a while since you’ve given much thought to how the body fuels the activities that a person does. The way that muscles make and use energy, which is affected by how fast people move, how much force their muscles produce, …

C-reactive protein levels in people using insulin who live near high traffic areas were found to be high compared with those who took oral diabetes medications, according to a 356-patient study. This suggests patients taking insulin are more vulnerable to inflammation when exposed to heavy traffic. Environmental Pollution., Volume 202, …

Athletes who ate fast food after a workout were able to complete exercises two hours later as easily as those who consumed post-workout dietary supplements, University of Montana researchers report. The study found the group consuming fast food had higher levels of muscle glycogen, an energy source, compared with study …

Children whose mothers were diagnosed with diabetes by the 26th week of pregnancy had a 42% increased risk of being diagnosed with autism, according to a study. Diabetes after 26 weeks of pregnancy and type 2 diabetes before conception were not associated with increased autism risk. JAMA April 14, 2015, …