Older veterans with T2DM and dementia may need to decrease intensity of diabetes medications… One study predicts that the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged ≥65 years is projected to increase dramatically by 2050. Other studies have observed that dementia affects up to 16% of diabetic patients aged ≥65 years …

Higher fitness may be linked to a lower risk of incident diabetes… Many cross-sectional studies have observed a relationship between reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and glucose intolerance or diabetes risk. Other large cohort studies have also demonstrated that low fitness may precede the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. However, not …

Addition of dapagliflozin may benefit patients whose blood glucose is uncontrolled with both metformin and sulfonylurea… Dapagliflozin is a selective and reversible sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, which lowers plasma glucose level by increasing urinary excretion of glucose. Addition of dapagliflozin may benefit patients whose blood glucose is uncontrolled with …

Screening high-risk elderly diabetic patients for pulmonary tuberculosis might be a potential way to reduce tuberculosis incidence…

A retrospective study of patients with type 2 diabetes taking metformin and sulfonylureas and newly treated with either a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor or insulin as third-line therapy has found that adding insulin was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events compared with a DPP-4 inhibitor. For the …

Children with type 2 diabetes had worse glycemic control, more hypertension and higher BMI’s when their parents had diabetes, hypertension and obesity, according to new research. Researchers looked at 699 children with type 2 diabetes and found that those whose parents had diabetes had higher baseline A1C levels and were …

High HbA1c, high-fasting glucose and impaired oral glucose tolerance are related to lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels, according to recent findings. Cardiorespiratory fitness also appears to be associated with pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretory compensation for changing insulin sensitivity. “The association provides additional evidence highlighting the importance of fitness in protection against …

Scanadu Scout™   The Scanadu Scout, currently in the final stages of development, merges several technologies to measure and track vital signs including temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, ECG, and HRV among others. The portable scanner, which works with a smartphone at the moment, will be placed on the forehead and …

FitStar, Inc. Free – Basic Edition/iOS   For your patients who don’t think they have enough time to do even the simplest workout, this app may help them get over some of their fears. They can workout anytime, anywhere with the FitStar Personal Trainer including while traveling and at home …

It is amazing how things have changed in the way we work with diabetes patients. In the office this week I was seeing some patients for individual counseling, and as we were talking about food choices I kept hearing one comment over and over: “This is not what they taught …