Patients with diabetes who are treated for periodontal disease are less likely to see a physician and less likely to be hospitalized. Furthermore, they cost the healthcare system $1800 less per patient per year….

Please stand up before reading this. Spending too much time in a chair is bad for your health — really, really bad. New research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that people who spend a lot of time sitting may be up to 40% more likely to die …

Adding extracts from brown seaweed to a meal may reduce blood sugar spikes by about 14% and offer benefits from people at risk of type-2 diabetes….

Pill holder causes diabetes … or so it seems. This week’s Disaster Averted comes from one of our advisory board members, Dr Raymond Raitz of Palmetto, Fl. Last week he shared an interesting story about how a patient using a large pill holder for her medicines had all the signs and …

Jean-Jacques Grimm   2.1 Introduction Regular exercise in people with diabetes does not necessarily lead to improved control. Indeed, the metabolic disturbances associated with sustained exercise may lead to worsening control unless great care is taken to adjust carbohydrate intake and the insulin dosage.

  This week we begin a special two-part series of Homerun Slides on Pramlintide, starting with a pharmacodynamic review of this important drug and also its efficacy and safety in relation to type 1 diabetes in our first set….

We have all heard the phrase “Misery Loves Company,” and often times when someone is diagnosed with diabetes, their friends with diabetes bond with them so that they can both “suffer” from the disease. This week we have the results of a study from the University of Pennsylvania and published …

Amylin rejects Bristol-Myers Squibb’s 3.5 billion purchase offer.

Bant iOS app for Your Patients  This is an easy to use application from the University Health Network that has graphs and trends to show the user’s blood glucose control. This application utilizes four different color circles for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime. The users can drag down the colored circle to …

The ARS Food Surveys Research Group analysis looked at data on US snacking habits, taken from interviews with more than 5,000 adults 20 years or older. The latest data show that the empty calories from snacks account for about 32% of the daily calories consumed by women and about 31% …