Drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals has filed for regulatory approval of a drug to treat diabetes and elevated triglycerides in the bloodstream in children and adults with a rare disorder…. 

When my interns come to my rotation they have to live like they have type 2 and type 1 diabetes and this includes injecting themselves with saline based on calculating their insulin dose. A couple of years ago I was discussing this with an endocrinologist friend and mentioned that sometimes …

It’s all about the pounds this week in the latest and best articles on the internet from our staff here at Diabetes in Control. The research is exploding in various ways to fight the diabetes, weight, and cholesterol triad. Exercise and physical activity play a big part in this as …

 By Richard S. Beaser, M.D.   Can you answer this question? If a person without diabetes were to be given a slow intravenous infusion of a 5% glucose solution into the right arm, what would the glucose levels be from blood drawn from the left arm? Find out what the …

  This week, we have the second and last of our two-part Homerun Slides series on Pramlintide, covering safety issues and providing some guidelines for prescribing this important medication….

Johnson & Johnson to possibly sell their Animas Diabetes Pump and One Touch Glucose Monitor divisions.  

From dLife comes a guide (in pdf format) that can help your patients better understand how diabetes can cause cardiovascular disease. Can your patients answer the question: What percent of patients with diabetes are affected by cardiovascular complications?

Worksmart Labs, Inc. Android/Free This is one app that we have been using for more than 2 years, to record our workouts.

A Middle Eastern yogurt drink known as “doogh” and fortified with vitamin D decreased inflammatory markers in people with type 2 diabetes, researchers found. Those who drank the doogh fortified with vitamin D, or vitamin D plus calcium, had decreased levels of highly sensitive C-reactive protein and several interleukin proteins, …

In a small, 22-week study, researchers found that 16 overweight men and women lost an average of 17 pounds. Overall, body weight declined by an average of 10.5% and body fat declined by 16%. Participants took the green (unroasted) coffee beans in supplement form and, for comparison, took a placebo …