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ICE (In Case of EMERGENCY)

iHealth Ventures, LLC Free/iOS   This iPhone/iPod app can keep track of patients’ Medical Emergency information I.C.E. ("In Case of Emergency"), and can provide information to first responders, hospital personnel, paramedics and other emergency personnel responding to accidents, crimes and disasters. 

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Editor’s Note, DCMS #231

We have always been very focused here at Diabetes in Control on the value of physical activity for the prevention of diabetes and reduction of obesity. We offer apps for your patients and we even have our own physical activity guru, Dr. Sheri Colberg. The reason that we do all …

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Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD: Focusing on the Health Effects of Sedentary Behavior

Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Ph.D, goes into detail on the nature of his research, explaining that, although we have had around 60 years of research of physical health and we understand the benefits moderate and vigorous physical activity, we seem to know very little about sedentary behavior. With our society becoming increasingly sedentary, it’s …

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Practical Diabetes Care, 3rd Ed., Excerpt #6: Type 2 Diabetes: General Introduction

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David Levy, MD, FRCP Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes as a Progressive Condition Glycemia in type 2 diabetes progressively deteriorates with time, usually thought to be related to progressive beta-cell failure. This was demonstrated dramatically in the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 1998), but the glycemic trends have been less marked …

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Reduced GLP-1 Precedes Type 2 Diabetes

This might be a reason not to use a DPP-4 for those with long standing diabetes… Reduction in the glucose-regulating hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) appears to occur before the development of type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to new published research. Investigator Kristine Færch, PhD, senior research fellow at the …

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