Results from a 19 year international study with 3,708 patients with Type 2 diabetes, men and women, 25-to-74 years old, has shown that increasing physical activity reduced the risk of death for men and women of all ages, smokers and nonsmokers alike, regardless of body mass index, blood pressure or …
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Knowing One’s A1c Can Improve Results
Respondents who knew their HbA1c values reported better diabetes care understanding and assessment of their glycemic control than those who did not.
Read More »New Marker Allows Early Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure
A biomarker that can detect acute renal failure (ARF) just a few hours after onset has been discovered.
Read More »A1c Levels Linked to Erectile Function
HbA1c levels are directly related to the severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) in diabetic men.
Read More »The Belt Test for Diabetes
A man’s waistband may provide a big clue about his risk for diabetes.
Read More »Fructose Normalizes Defective Hypoglycemia Response in Type 1
Fructose infusion can help restore the impaired counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia seen in many type 1 diabetes patients.
Read More »Sleep Deprivation Linked To Glucose Tolerance
Healthy young adults who are chronic “short sleepers”—getting an average of about 5 hours of sleep a night—must secrete 30% more insulin than other adults to achieve a normal glucose curve.
Read More »Diabetes Drug Glumetza Gets Approvable Letter From FDA
The FDA issued an approvable letter for Glumetza, a once-daily, extended-release version of the diabetes drug metformin.
Read More »Fibrate Plus a Statin Effective for Combined Hyperlipidemia
Results of a new study provide more evidence, in a larger population of patients, that the combination of a fibrate and a statin is an effective therapeutic option for managing combined hyperlipidemia — that is, elevated triglycerides and LDL-C and multiple lipoprotein abnormalities.
Read More »Actos Controls Blood Sugar for Up to 2 Years
The results of a new study indicate that pioglitazone is superior to gliclazide in sustaining glycemic control for up to two years in type 2 diabetics.
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