This week we have a short quiz. If you’ like to review the topic a little more before taking the quiz, just follow this link to our previous excerpt at Diabetic Emergencies – Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults.  

Last week I asked all of you to contact your legislator about Senate Bill S1468 the Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 and the corresponding House of Representatives Bill HR2787. Not being one to ask you do do something that I wouldn’t I contacted my representatives about signing on …

FDA Approves LifeScan’s iPhone Diabetes App    After almost four years, Johnson & Johnson company LifeScan has announced the launch of a Bluetooth-enabled glucose meter and companion iPhone app. The new LifeScan app works with the OneTouch Verio Sync Meter and similar software is embedded in the OneTouch Verio IQ …

Norwegian researchers found adults with diabetes were two to three times as likely as those without the condition to die from CVD. However, diabetes patients who reported 1 to 2 hours of weekly exercise had a similar risk as inactive adults who didn‘t have diabetes, researchers wrote. "In conclusion, the …

After analyzing data from 1.8 million diabetes patients, researchers found that being male, living in poorer areas, and being white were each linked with a higher risk of lower limb amputation. White men in poorer areas who have diabetes should have their feet checked annually, receive education on foot ulcers …

Researchers reviewed 17 assessments of interventions by pharmacists acting as part of a team or alone. They found that pharmacists, with their accessibility and medication expertise, can make a positive contribution to outcomes of type 2 diabetes patients, reporting thatpharmacists’ interventions can help boost BG control and that pharmaceutical care …

FDA has launched an investigation on an unpublished study suggesting that incretin mimetics are associated with pancreatic cancer…. 

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) poses a double impact in glucose control in women with the highest level of insulin resistance….

Diabetes survival rates are decreasing and the death rate for individuals with pre-diabetes increased from 11.19 to 14.02 deaths per 1,000 person-years….

Just 3 times a week home-based DVD exercise programs can be effective….