Have you ever done a shared medical appointment (SMA) in your office? One of our local doctors tried it and learned how patients can be their own worst enemies. Read this week’s Disaster Averted to find out what happened. Our Clinical Text looks at fluid and carbohydrate intake for athletes …

by Jean-Jacques Grimm   2.3 Insulin Absorption   The importance of changing the injection site when doing sports or being physically active continues to be actively debated.

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a new series on Hospital Safety. Topics covered this week include Medication Errors and Needlestick Injuries.

Yesterday I was flipping through the channels and stopped at the Food Channel when I saw that Paula Deen was on. Most of us are aware of the media frenzy when she came out and admitted she had diabetes, and all the public snafu’s that followed. Just like most news …

Yellowone Needle Cap  Turn an inexpensive beverage can into a syringe disposal system. The ideal solution for the safe, secure, inexpensive and permanent disposal of user luer-slip syringe needles, Yellowone Needle Cap is now available to US consumers through Amazon.com. Yellowone Needle Cap is a patented lid, which inexpensively and …

FDA Okays Levemir for Pregnant Women  The FDA had approved Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin]) for a pregnancy category B classification, meaning that when used by pregnant women, the insulin did not increase the risk of harm to fetuses. The agency’s decision was based on results of a clinical trial …

Belief in yourself and your own skills may help to improve your diabetes management. A recent study found that people who had high self-efficacy had better control of their diabetes. Self-efficacy is the belief and confidence in a person’s own ability to complete a task or reach a goal. Specifically, people with high …

If you avoid breakfast, watch out, because scientists have found that men regularly skipping their morning meal are more likely to develop diabetes. The study discovered that missing out on food first thing in the morning increases a man’s chances of getting the disease by more than 20% compared to …

Misconception about one’s weight is an important barrier to weight loss in obese people, a new study has revealed. “This misperception is important because the first step in dealing with a weight problem is knowing that you have one,” Margarita Teran-Garcia, said. In physical exams, the height, weight, and BMI …

“Contrary to popular perception, a large proportion of obese Americans can and do lose weight.”….