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ADA Releases New Standards of Medical Care for 2013 See this week’s Item #2. 

In a recent study, the majority of physicians also said that nutritionists and dietitians are better suited for the job. Lead author Sara Bleich added, "In order to begin improving obesity care, medical education should focus on enhancing those obesity-related skills primary care physicians feel most qualified to deliver." PCPs …

Through a 16-week, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of chromium picolinate therapy conducted on 31 non-obese subjects with normal blood sugar, there was no significant change in insulin sensitivity between groups. Paradoxically, subjects who had the highest chromium levels in their blood had a decline in insulin sensitivity. Over 10 million …

Self-reports on medication adherence correlated with lower A1C levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) bottle caps were given to patients with clinically significant depression and A1c less than 7%. The researchers found that adherence self-reports correlated significantly with lower A1c. However, researchers found that …

FDA Launches Next Stage of "Bad Ad Program" to Detect Misleading Drug Ads. The program is designed to educate healthcare providers about their role in ensuring that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful, and not misleading. For more information visit www.fda.gov/badad. New Next-generation OmniPod® Approved by FDA. The new …

Medical professionals are among the most trusted people in the U.S. a new Gallup survey shows with 85% of survey respondents ranking nurses highest for honesty and ethics, followed by pharmacists (75%) and physicians (70%). The sampling of 1015 people came from all 50 states. Nurses, who have led the …

A new study found that obese women who consumed three meals a day had lower fat in their blood than women who consumed the same calories spread over six small meals. University of Missouri researchers say eating fewer but bigger meals is better metabolically and could lower the risk of …

A study of more than 4,200 Australian children 2 to 16 years old found that those who ate more salt also drank more fluids, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, fruit drinks, flavored mineral waters, and sports and energy drinks. The new research suggests that limiting children’s salt intake could …

Metformin Possible Treatment for Ovarian Cancer. See this week’s Item #3, Diabetes Drug Metformin May Fight Ovarian Cancer. Novo Nordisk: Ryzodeg(R) (insulin degludec/insulin aspart) passed the review by the First Committee on Drugs of Pharmaceutical Affairs in Japan.

Messages that eating chocolate can make you fat may actually drive some women to eat more, research shows. The joint study with the University of Strathclyde in Scotland found low restraint eaters (those not on a diet) showed a strong impulse to eat chocolate when presented with negative messaging, including …