The salicylate drug salsalate may be an effective add-on therapy for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes….
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Insulin at Diagnosis Beneficial for Hyperlipidemia in Type 2 Adolescents
Researchers examined the incidence of type 2 diabetes taking into consideration the increasing incidence in adolescents particularly in ethnic minorities….
Read More »Eating More Red Meat Can Boost Type 2 Risk
Eating more red meat over time is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in a follow-up of three studies….
Read More »Harvard: Betatrophin Hormone Found to Increase Production of Beta Cells in Mice Thirty Fold
The hormone, called betatrophin, caused up to a 30-fold boost in the production of beta cells….
Read More »Green Tea, Glucose Control and Insulin Sensitivity
A meta-analysis of 17 randomized controlled trials showed….
Read More »Blood Test Predicts Type 1 Diabetes Risk
German scientists have found clinical factors that may identify type 1 diabetes before it even occurs….
Read More »Empagliflozin Improves CV Risk Factors in T2DM
According to the results of four phase III clinical trials, twenty-four weeks of treatment achieved clinically meaningful improvements in cardiovascular risk factors as well as in glycemic control….
Read More »Statins May Work in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
A small randomized trial showed that statins may be an effective and safe way to treat high LDL cholesterol in children and adolescents….
Read More »Peanut Butter at Breakfast Helps Control Hunger and Blood Sugar All Day
Consuming peanut butter or peanuts for breakfast can control blood sugar throughout most of the day, even after eating a high carbohydrate lunch… In addition to this “Second Meal Effect,” peanuts and peanut butter caused a significant reduction in the desire to eat for up to 12 hours and a …
Read More »Editor’s Note, DCMS #143:
We often emphasize food choices for our diabetes patients and one overriding target is to decrease carbohydrates. Although this makes great sense in an overweight type 2 patient on orals, or orals and insulin, it is not necessarily as important in our type 1 patients. If you look at the …
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