Lower femoral neck bone mineral density and T scores for fracture versus non-fracture group

The use of SGLT-2 inhibitors has grown over the past couple of years as more information is released about them. Many of you reading this special edition have had great successes with these drugs, and there seems to be more data to show why they are so important. However, when …

Women who had gestational diabetes more likely to show increased eGFR levels many years postpartum

Clinics claim unapproved therapies can treat number of diseases and conditions, including ALS and cancer

Correlation between sexual orientation and type 2 diabetes is mediated by body mass index

About a month ago, I got an email from 23&Me asking if I would participate in a food trial. They were looking to link genetics to the best way to lose weight. I had three choices to follow. I could eat low fat and exercise, eat low carb and exercise, …

Since I am a diabetes educator who also specializes in obesity medicine, I see a lot of different responses to travel. For all, I see both weight loss and weight gain after travel. The interesting thing is for people with obesity, I see both. What I also find interesting is a lot of my patients who go to Europe tell me they eat pasta, more bread and other carbs, but when they lose weight, glucose levels improve. Why? Usually because they also tell me they are more active.

In this week's Homerun Slides, medical nutrition therapy for treatment of hypertension.

When designing any risk scoring system, those proposing such a score must weigh up various competing factors. Metabolic syndrome benefits from the inclusion of clear (and now unambiguous, with the exception of waist circumference) criteria. However equal weighting is given to the five criteria while it is known that they do not contribute equally to the development of cardiometabolic disease. As noted above, two of the five criteria are strongly linked to cardiovascular disease but only weakly to risk of developing diabetes.

Low rates of adverse events for children and adults with T1DM consuming very low-carb diet