The relationship between secondhand smoke exposure and type 2 diabetes….

The relationship of estradiol and estrone to diabetes in men is examined…. 

Each year there is a contest to find out which new word added to the dictionary is the most popular. Many of you know that the winner this year was ‘selfie’, a self-taken picture which gets posted on Facebook and other social media sites. But when it comes to our …

I was talking to a physician recently when the topic of SGLT2 inhibitors came up. He spoke about his experience with the drugs and how he felt that a lot of physicians had a negative feeling about the drug because of the chance of UTI’s. He felt that this is …

Phuong Nguyen, PharmD Candidate, LECOM College of Pharmacy Remarkable as it might sound, the SGLT2 inhibitor drug class arguably dates back 178 years. In 1835, French chemists first isolated a substance known as phlorizin from the bark of apple trees, and in 1886, German physician and early diabetes pioneer Joseph von …

Elsevier, Inc. iOS/Android free with subscription    Stay up-to-date with developments in your field with the latest issues from 29 Cell Press journals on your smart phones and tablets. An interactive reading experience lets you swipe and zoom through articles, save papers for reading offline, download PDFs, take notes, search across …

This past week, I was in an office in St. Petersburg seeing patients and almost all of them were on insulin. In fact they were either on Reg and NPH, or 70/30 lin mix. I have always believed that for most type 2 patients who don’t count carbs or use …

Tandem Initiates Voluntary Recall for Specific Lots of Pump Cartridges  All lots of the cholesterol drug marketed as Liptruzet (ezetimibe and atorvastatin) across four doses are being recalled, the manufacturer, Merck, announced. The recall affects tablets in the 10/10-mg, 10/20-mg, 10/40-mg, and 10/80-mg dosages.

EZ-Vac™ Vacuum Device for Alternate Site Blood Sampling  The EZ-Vac works with any lancing device to assist with blood collections from areas other than the fingertip, such as the forearm. The key features and benefits include its compact design, a special tip that works on alternate locations, Alternate site testing …

Financial Help for Diabetes  A financial assistance resource list for patients having difficulty paying for their diabetes care and supplies comes from dLife. Financial Help Tool (pdf)