Hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia in DKA is the result of reduced glucose uptake and utilization from the liver, muscle, and fat tissue and increased gluconeogenesis as well as glycogenolysis. The lack of insulin results in an increase in gluconeogenesis, primarily in the liver but also in the kidney, and increased glycogenolysis in …

  In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we explore how to approach treatment-induced wight gain and some of the medications that can help Type 2 diabetes patients control their weight while maintaining cardiovascular health….

Seven years ago the first line therapy for the onset of type 2 diabetes was lifestyle changes and often we would take up to a year of trying various exercise and diet methods before we started medication. Because diabetes has reached epidemic proportions we are much more aggressive in our …

Most of us have seen all of the episodes of Seinfeld enough times that a single word or phrase brings back memories. Just the mention of the name, "Newman," conjures up images of the overweight and probably pre-diabetic mailman who was Kramer’s best pal and Jerry’s arch-enemy. There was also the …

FDA Approves Proteus Digital Health’s E-pills for Dose Monitoring  An "ingestible sensor" doesn’t sound like the tastiest of snacks, but soon it might be just what the doctor ordered. A tiny microchip which activates upon contact with stomach acid has recently been approved by the FDA. When the sensor is …

An estimated 35.8 million U.S. adults with hypertension have uncontrolled blood pressure levels, even though the vast majority have regular access to healthcare and insurance coverage, the CDC reported last week. 

Simone A. French, PhD, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, conducted a randomized intervention trial in which 153 adults and 72 adolescents from the same households were assigned to a home-based obesity prevention intervention or to no intervention (control group) for a one-year period. TV viewing hours, diet, and …

Hypertension is highly prevalent in all communities worldwide, according to new data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. Other findings show that awareness is very low and that once patients are aware, most are treated, but control is very poor. The study aimed to assess the prevalence, awareness, …

Across four studies, HbA1c ≥ 6.5 percent a specific, but not sensitive, early indicator of T1D in youth….

Testosterone therapy may be useless in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism who also have depression….