Critically ill or cardiac surgery patients who also have diabetes present unique challenges in the operating room. New blood glucose (BG)-monitoring systems can provide more effective solutions to improve outcomes in these patients, particularly when the monitoring systems are paired with intensive insulin therapy (IIT).
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New Drug Has Potential to Decrease Diabetic Gastroparesis
This may be the first product to directly treat gastroparesis by restoring gastrointestinal nitric oxide synthase, thereby increasing stomach motility and improving blood glucose control.
Read More »Unique Idea: Have Government Subsidize Fruits and Vegetables
Doctors tell lawmakers to subsidize salads, vegetables and fruit, not fat don’t exercise is going to cost them and the taxpayers, plus they will lose years from their lifespan.
Read More »Rare Diabetes Foot Complication Becoming More Common
As diabetes rates soar, doctors with the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons say they’re noticing more patients developing a rare and dangerous diabetic foot complication. Few patients or their diabetes care providers know of the complication, or its warnings signs.
Read More »Diabetes Breakthrough Using Pig Cells to Cure Diabetes
A New Zealand bio-tech company is trumpeting a major breakthrough after a diabetic given a trial transplant of pig cells was able to stop her insulin injections.
Read More »Statins Linked to Better Blood Pressure Control
The use of statins is associated with better blood pressure control in hypertensive subjects. This comes from a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of US adults.
Read More »Hemoglobin A1c Linked to Myocardial Infarction Outcome in Non-Diabetics
Just as the Epic-Norfolk study showed a 28% increase in cardiovascular death from those that had an A1c of 5% compared to those with a 6%, in this study they found that higher levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is associated with poor outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI) in patients without diabetes.
Read More »Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Common in Diabetics
A sizable minority of asymptomatic diabetic patients without known coronary artery disease have reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), comes from a review of records of patients referred for stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
Read More »New-Onset Diabetes Increases Cardiac Morbidity in Hypertensive Patients
New published study results suggest that patients who develop type 2 diabetes while they are on treatment for essential hypertension have a higher cardiac morbidity than their counterparts without diabetes.
Read More »Levemir Weight Benefit Continues After Two Years of Treatment
At the same time Levemir provides significantly improved glycemic control and reduced rates of hypoglycemia.
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