Harvard researchers find as many as 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of cancer deaths, come down to things people could easily change.
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2016
New Implantable CGM Receives Approval
Senseonics' Eversense™ 90-day implantable CGM approved in Europe.
Read More »Wine Protects Against Diabetes?
Study suggests wine consumption offers greater protection against type 2 risk, compared with beer or other alcoholic beverages.
Read More »DPP-4 Inhibitors and the Heart
Large observational study using real-world data finds no increased risk for hospitalized heart failure (hHF) among patients who initiated use of DPP-4 inhibitors, compared to other antihyperglycemics.
Read More »Question #837
The list below indicates the ethnicities of the patients whose cases you have just reviewed over the past month. Please choose the correct order showing the relative risk of developing diabetes for each ethnicity in adults 20 years and older. Select one answer: [A] Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanic, non-Hispanic whites, Asian American [B] Hispanic, Non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites, Asian American [C] Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanic, Asian American, non-Hispanic whites [D] Hispanic , Non-Hispanic blacks, Asian American, non-Hispanic whites Are you right? Follow the link to respond!
Read More »Alcohol Chart
This chart provides carbohydrates and calories per volume for common alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks.
Read More »Where There’s One Autoimmune Disorder, There May Be Another
Male, 32 years of age, type 1 diabetes, was following gluten free diet of his own choice. Was never diagnosed, just "feels better" when he doesn’t eat gluten. Has lab tests that were negative for celiac in the past. Came to see me for follow up diabetes education. Noted weight loss of 5 pounds in one week. Glucose levels were not elevated, in fact for the most part in target range.
Read More »June 7, 2016
23andMe: I am sure you have seen the commercials on TV. This is a genetic test that you can get done to learn your ancestry: you simply spit into a tube, mail it away, and presto change-o, all the years of thinking you were from Italy can be erased in a …
Read More »Eran Bashan Part 7, Factoring in Nutrition with d-Nav
In the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, DIC publisher Steve Freed asks how nutrition is integrated into the d-Nav insulin management program.
Read More »Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Part 7
In this week's Homerun Slides, the cost of the current diabetes classification.
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