Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros A 28-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes for 12 years is under treatment with long-lasting insulin (e.g., insulin glargine) 26 IU at bedtime and a rapid-acting insulin analog (e.g., insulin lispro) three times a day before each meal (the dose determined depending on the carbohydrate content …

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we go over why there is so much interest in the relatively new class of drugs known as incretins, and also talk about why insulin is used for type 2 diabetes and some of the potential barriers to this use.

Now that the sequestration has started, time alone will tell how much impact it will have on healthcare providers. We do know that according to CMS, Medicare incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) will suffer a 2% cut beginning April 1. This is in addition to …

FDA Approves Insulet’s New OmniPod Diabetes Management System    Insulet has announced FDA approval of the new version of its new OmniPod insulin delivery system. The system comprises an insulin pump, which has been made 34% smaller and 25% lighter over its predecessor, and a Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) glucometer …

The study from 2004 to 2009 included 582 affiliated clinics that required physician groups to annually report quality outcomes, which are posted by group name on the website of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality. Overall, practices in the Collaborative improved performance on many quality measures. Health Affairs, March 2013

Missing those notifications could delay needed care for patients, according to the 2600 physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants surveyed. The findings suggest that missed results in EHRs might be related to information overload from alert notifications, electronic handoffs in care, and practitioner perceptions of poor EHR usability.JAMA Intern Med. …

In its final stages, the BioHub would mimic a pancreas and act as a home for transplanted islet cells, providing them with oxygen until they could establish their own blood supply.Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an independent predictor of future stroke events in the general population….

Sugar intake linked to high diabetes prevalence, not obesity….

A diet high in nuts or extra virgin olive oil can reduce cardiovascular events in high risk patients by 30%….