FDA Approves New Diabetes Drug. See this week’s Item #1. Truebalance and Truetrack Blood Glucose Meters by Nipro Diagnostics: Recall – Incorrect Factory-set Measure. Meters have an incorrect factory-set unit of measure that displays the glucose result in mmol/L rather than mg/dl. www.NiproDiagnostics.com/product-notice

Retina Camera  A new optical device the size of a hand held video camera from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can scan an entire retina in seconds. This device combines ultra high-speed 3D imaging, a tiny micro-electro mechanical systems mirror for scanning, and corrective techniques for unintentional movements in a …

Universal Food Diary  Here is a very basic one page food diary from dLife all your patients can use. Have them fill it out prior to their appointment. Having your patients write down their daily food intake can have a huge impact on their blood sugars. Food Diary(pdf)   

Obese mice treated with the asthma drug amlexanox had a renewed sensitivity to catecholamines, utilized excess energy, and returned to normal size, according to Alan R. Saltiel, PhD, University of Michigan. "There is considerable evidence to suggest that in states of obesity, adipose tissue becomes less sensitive to catecholamines because …

A team led by Laurent Azoulay, MD, of McGill University in Montreal, studied 11,920 men newly diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). The cohort included 1,132 men (9.5%) with pre-existing type 2 diabetes. A total of 3,605 deaths, including 1,792 from PCa, occurred during a mean 4.7 years of follow-up. …

Labeling foods with a traffic-light system may help promote healthy eating, a study at the cafeteria of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston indicated. Researchers found that sales of green-labeled healthy foods increased 12%, while sales of red-labeled junk foods and unhealthy drinks declined by 20% and 39% respectively. American Journal …

The drug, a sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, will be supplied as a tablet and is approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults, along with diet and exercise…. 

The therapy, DV-0100, halts the body’s autoimmune reaction against the pancreatic islet cells…. 

Is there an association between total energy intake, energy density, dietary nutrient intakes and risk markers for T2DM in children?… 

Drinking more water over a longer meal may also contribute to satiety….