This week the FDA approved the new weight loss drug lorcaserin. This is the first new drug for weight loss we have had approved in 13 years and early indications are that we will be seeing a lot of prescriptions in the near future. Although I agree that we need …

Over the past four weeks we have shared some fantastic Homerun Slides on the new ADA-EASD guidelines for diabetes care. This week, Dr. Richard S. Beaser from the Joslin Diabetes Center provides more details on the guidelines and their history — be sure to read his comments in this week’s …

By Richard S. Beaser, M.D., and Richard Jackson, MD What are the goals of therapy? Most people today use the A1C as the primary yardstick of control, using a methodology whereby the range in people who do not have diabetes is 4% to 6%. Glucose goals are theoretically “normal” or …

  This week’s selection of Homerun Slides cover some of the alternative medicines, (such as cinnamon, aloe, ginseng, stevia and tea) that your patients may be asking you about along with some helpful sources to find out more about these Complementary Alternative Medicines (CAMs)….

Many times our patients come in to us with a list of herbal, nutritional and other non-traditional products to help them avoid disease and live healthier. All we can do is scratch our heads and tell them it might help and hope that it doesn’t hurt. Now there is a …

Tandem Diabetes Care has released its long awaited t:slim Insulin Delivery System, a 300 unit insulin pump that looks like it was designed by Apple. The face of the t:slim is the size of a credit card and all functions are controlled through its beautiful touch screen. It’s recharged using a …

According to a new study, only 30%-50% of US physicians regularly provide counseling on physical activity to their patients, and providers are uncertain about the effectiveness of their counseling, feeling they can only provide general advice about the importance of physical activity due to their lack of training in health …

Childhood obesity affects math performance in school, as well as social skills and wellbeing, according to new research from the University of Missouri. Researchers looked at data from over 6,000 children enrolled in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, which gathered information from children beginning in kindergarten and followed them …

The amount of plaque in the arterial beds can help stratify high-risk diabetes better than traditional risk factors. Calculating a coronary artery calcium score in patients with type 2 diabetes might help identify those who are at greater risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to Subhashish Agarwal, MD, from Wake …

Diabetes patients who responded to glucose-lowering treatment also improved their risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes….