In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, our topics include IV Insulin Protocols, Considerations when Converting from IV to Subcutaneous Insulin, and the Basal-Bolus Principle: Adding Mealtime Control….

As I write this, I’m on the last day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and if you switch on any television news show you are bound to see all the new TV’s, computers and phones. However what you may not know is that the digital health …

First SGLT-2 First-in-Class Drug to Treat Diabetes Under Scrutiny See this week’s Item #3.

HAPIfork Eating too fast, and not chewing long enough can lead to poor digestion and poor weight control. The HAPIfork is an electronic fork that can monitor patients’ eating habits. The HAPIfork provides precise information about eating schedule and alerts patients with the help of indicator lights when they are …

U.S. researchers looked at 1,218 6- to 11-year-olds included in the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found that only 38.3% met both daily physical-activity and screen-time recommendations. More than 70% of respondents got the recommended one hour or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily, while 53.5% had …

Americans have shorter average life expectancy than people in other wealthy nations and are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as consuming high-fat, high-calorie diets, according to a report. The U.S. fared poorly on metrics such as obesity and diabetes, infant mortality and teen pregnancy when compared with …

  Data from the community-based Diabetes Heart Study indicates that evaluating coronary artery calcium in addition to traditional Framingham Risk Score factors may better predict CVD mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes….

These risk factors of diabetes could affect your ability to process thoughts….

  The FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-5 to recommend approval for canagliflozin as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes but there may be a warning included….

Why didn’t genetic risk testing motivate people to make changes?…