Years ago there was a famous singer, actor, and comedian, Jimmy Durante, who would often start or end a joke with the phrase "ink-a dinka doo." However, after you read this week’s Disaster Averted, saying "ink-a dinka don’t" to your diabetes patients who want to get a tattoo may make a …

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt cover the following topics: Why a patient should start with multiple medications How much treatment is needed When to use combination therapy

FDA: No evidence to support the general use of aspirin to prevent primary heart attacks and strokes. See this week’s Item #4.

Epanova®   FDA Approves A Different Form of Omega-3. Epanova is the first FDA-approved prescription omega-3 in free fatty acid. The approval of Epanova is good news for the significant and growing population with severe hypertriglyceridemia as it offers physicians and their patients an important new treatment option that has …

Maintaining a stable weight may help stem diabetes progression in adolescents with prediabetes in both higher and lower A1c ranges. Weight stabilization was associated with non-progression in both the 5.7% to 5.9% group (P

Testosterone therapy was associated with increased lean mass and lower fat mass in men with type 2 diabetes and low testosterone levels in a recent study. However, the treatment did not fare better than placebo in improving insulin resistance, glycemic control and visceral adiposity in patients, researchers reported in Diabetes …

In a recent analysis, resveratrol was seen to strengthen the effects of metformin, help prevent the onset of nephropathy and retinopathy, and improve cardiac health in patients with type 2 diabetes. Data also showed the compound may help lower blood pressure and body weight, and improve cholesterol levels. This is …

In a head to head 3 phase study, basal insulin peglispro (BIL) outperforms the leading basal insulin for type 2 diabetes…. 

Improvements seen in peripheral insulin sensitivity and hepatic insulin extraction….

Acetate, a molecule released during the digestion of fiber, triggers a "hunger stop" command to the brain….