Exercising, eating less were top weight loss methods; more women than men attempted weight loss
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Plasma Copeptin More Accurate for Diabetes Insipidus Diagnosis
Measurement of plasma copeptin better than water-deprivation test in patients with hypotonic polyuria.
Read More »August 4, 2018
Have you ever noticed that those of us born in the 50’s and 60’s tend to reminisce about how when we were kids, we had to walk or ride our bikes everywhere, and our parents always would make us play outside after school until dinner was served? We tend to …
Read More »Glycated Hemoglobin Directly Impacts Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Reducing HbA1c may be new goal of therapy to prevent coronary artery disease and other subtypes.
Read More »Vitamin D Supplementation for Diabetes Prevention
Vitamin D shows potential to lower HbA1c, FPG, insulin resistance, and 2-hour post-prandial glucose levels.
Read More »Modified Dietary Interventions in Gestational Diabetes
Birth weight and maternal glycemia are favorably influenced by dietary changes.
Read More »High Diabetes Distress Among Ethnic Minorities
Unsuccessful diabetes management found to lead to more distress, worse patient outcomes.
Read More »Asian Indians Developing Diabetes After Adopting Poor Lifestyle
Sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy eating increasing risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases.
Read More »Avoid Weight Gain from Treating Lows and from Insulin Use
By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSMJ
It’s possible to gain weight from treating too many bouts of hypoglycemia. I addressed this topic over a decade ago, but it remains relevant and worth revisiting, along with addressing some new insights on weight gain in general with insulin use.
Lower Diagnosis Standard
Should we lower the A1c to 5.7 for the diagnosis for diabetes and remove prediabetes as a diagnosis, so that we can treat pharmaceutically? Follow the link to share your opinion.
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