Ketosis may explain why appetite is not increased despite weight loss in obese patients. A review of evidence supports that ketogenic diets suppress appetite despite weight loss. Alice Gibson, of the University of Sydney in Camperdown, Australia, performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that evaluated appetite before and …

Most Americans don’t get the daily recommended amount of fiber in their diet, though research has shown that dietary fiber can cause a shift in the gut toward beneficial bacteria, reducing the risk of colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, and other diseases. A new study from the University of Illinois …

Among the 20.4 million diagnosed adult diabetes patients, 95.3% had a usual care provider and 91.7% made 2 or more visits in the past year. In contrast, among undiagnosed adults, 84.5% had a usual care provider and 66.5% reported 2 or more visits in the past year. Among diagnosed adults, …

Healthy Work Force Program  An essential health promotion sourcebook for both large and small employers. This is a total health management strategy to improve care and reduce costs for large and small employers. This program will provide a new perspective on what employee health means from both a personal and …

Pocket Pal  Pocket Pal is a blood glucose meter with a built-in lancing device and a pull-out compartment that holds 25 test strips. A small piece of the Dario detaches from the meter and connects to a smartphone headphone jack, linking the meter to a Dario app. After logging into …

When Walmart first introduced their $4 generic drug program we thought that it would be an oddity for a month or two and then go away. Then everyone jumped on the bandwagon and soon these programs were so commonplace that our patients felt anything over $4 was too much. Studies …

Every time we talk to a patient newly diagnosed with diabetes we talk about the kidneys, the feet, and the eyes, and what can happen if we let our glucose levels run rampant. We focus on this because the concept of microvascular complications has been beaten into our heads since …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Atherosclerosis For any given age, level of cholesterol or BP, the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is 3 to 5-fold higher among patients with diabetes compared with subjects without diabetes. Macrovascular complications include fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) events, …

A previous history of severe hypoglycemia is linked to increased death rates after a cardiovascular event in type 1 diabetes patients… Hypoglycemia is the most common and life-threatening complication of type 1 diabetes. The average type diabetes patient experiences about two episodes of hypoglycemia per week. Patients with type 1 …

Macrophages, a type of immune cell, were found invading pancreatic tissue during the early stages of the disease… Type 2 diabetes is characterized by the loss of beta cells, reduced insulin production and low-grade systemic inflammation. A new study compared healthy mice to obese mice that developed diabetes. The mice were followed …