Crisis episodes signified uncontrolled diabetes and increased risk of complications… Researchers evaluated data for 13,551 older patients with new-onset diabetes between 2000 and 2002, including 34,517 with hyperglycemic crisis episodes and 9,034 without (controls). Follow-up was conducted until 2011. Participants were classified into three subgroups: young elderly (65-74 years), moderately …

Researchers found smartphones were as effective as pedometers and accelerometers in monitoring number of steps. Study subjects walked on a treadmill wearing a pedometer, accelerometer and smartphone. The study patients wore all of the devices at the same time. The patients performed four walks with the treadmill set at 3 …

Seventeen healthy individuals were split into two groups both maintaining their habitual food intake for the first three weeks of the study. One of the groups also consumed two bottles of a probiotic fermented milk drink every day. During the fourth week, both groups were given a high-fat and high-energy …

According to a new study, ellagic acid retards the growth of fat cells, and slows down the formation of new ones. It also boosts the metabolism of fatty acids in the liver. In a 10-week trial, scientists fed high-fat “mouse chow” to mice. Half were also given extracts from Pinot …

For Your Patients: Why We Eat More Than We Think. This overview, prepared by Elaine Massaro, MS, APN, CDE, and based on Dr. Brian Wansink’s research, will change the way your patients think about their next meal. Food psychologist Dr. Wansink revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why …

No matter how you want to analyze it there is an impeding explosion in diabetes care and also in how much it will cost. Part of this is addressed by paying clinicians to deliver patient interactions via the internet. Although early studies seem to show an improvement in the care …

Have you had patients come to your office with the latest and greatest thing for "curing" diabetes? Not a day goes by without someone showing me a new way to lose weight and fix their diabetes. But the real question is, are these fixes really working or is the problem …

David Levy, MD, FRCP Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Hyperglycemia, whether associated with known diabetes or not, carries a poor prognosis in critically ill patients through multiple mechanisms, including vascular disease, polyneuropathy, an increased tendency to infection, dyslipidemia, and abnormal anti-inflammatory and coagulation responses. Consistent near-normoglycemia has therefore been a …

Dietary recommendations introduced for 220 million US and 56 million UK citizens by 1983 did not have sufficient supporting evidence from randomized controlled trials… National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the US and UK governments, respectively, with the ambition of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) by …

Using these 4 new sites for testing blood sugars will allow patients’ finger tips to get back to normal…