Daily supplements of omega-3 fatty acids may reduce levels of inflammatory markers in the fat tissue of obese people….

With a little exercise and dieting, overweight people with type 2 diabetes can still train their fat cells to produce a hormone believed to spur HDL cholesterol production…. 

Women who are diagnosed with diabetes at the time of an acute myocardial infarction are three times more likely to die over the next 3 years as are similar women without diabetes…. 

The findings that, more than 20% of patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease went on to develop new-onset diabetes, should prompt regular screening of cardiac patients for the disease…. 

Adding hyaluronidase (PH20) to insulin improves control, shortens the onset of the action of insulin and could provide better control…. 

High levels of the peptide proneurotensin are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death in women, but not necessarily in men….

For patients with impaired glucose tolerance or early diabetes, use of insulin glargine was the best predictor of maintaining a lower A1c level over 5 years, according to a subanalysis of the ORIGIN trial…. 

The largest trial ever conducted for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) has shown which treatment works best…. 

The complication of the week seems to be rhinocerebral mucormycosis. If you are not familiar with this infection then check out this week’s Homerun Slides, which include a section on rhinocerebral mucormycosis, what it looks like and where it comes from. Then take a look at the Clinical Text excerpt from Diabetic Emergencies: …

Treatment of Acidosis         Most experts do not recommend the administration of bicarbonate because acidosis is corrected with insulin infusion and rehydration.