Obese children whose parents also participated in a weight-loss program and dropped pounds were more likely to lose weight compared with those whose parents did not slim down….

An electronic diary program helped improve overweight and obese adults’ adherence to a weight-loss regimen but the results didn’t last after 2 years….

People who don’t get enough sleep consume more calories and may be more likely to become obese….

Many genes that influence type 1 diabetes are also found in pancreatic beta cells suggesting that the insulin-producing cells play a role in why white blood cells attack the beta cells leading to type 1 diabetes, according to new research from JDRF….

The amount of medical information concerning diabetes which we receive on a daily basis from a multitude of sources is enormous. A lot of this knowledge blitz is aimed at helping you help your patients but this has led to the near impossible task of discerning which of these pieces …

A lot of times we just read the first part of a sentence and then fill in the rest mentally without realizing that we may be missing something out of the ordinary. This week our Diabetes Disaster takes a look at what happens when an older patient reads a prescription …

OTC Meds for Diabetes, Hypertension and Cholesterol – You’ve Got to Be Kidding! This week we have an interesting item (Item #3, Diabetes and Statin Meds May Become Available without a Prescription) about the FDA’s idea to make diabetes, cholesterol and hypertensive medications available over the counter. Their thought is …

Dinesh Nagi, Editor   Drinking before exercise helps to delay the onset of severe dehydration, but the type of fluid taken should be chosen with care. Water empties from the stomach quickly but crosses the walls of the small intestine only slowly.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we cover how to help patients determine the correct time and amount of insulin dosage, examine the perils of sliding scales, and also give you the basics on how to deal with different degrees of hypoglycemia….

EQ02 LifeMonitor Cambridge Wireless revolutionizes health monitoring. The new Equivital EQ02 LifeMonitor incorporates a miniaturized body-worn sensor designed on a ‘wear and forget’ principle that senses, records, processes and transmits data from the human body. The data can be viewed, analyzed and acted upon in real time. The data that …