Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.3 Symptoms and their Representation Because the symptoms of diabetes in older adults are often slow to develop, less severe and longer lasting, and because they appear against a more complex background of somatic sensations, older persons …

An article in Science Daily this week caught my eye. According to a new study there is a potential link between daily consumption of diet soft drinks and the risk of vascular events. Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering …

FDA Approves Third New Diabetes Drug within Last 7 Days See this week’s Item #3 for information on the third new drug approved by the FDA recently. Diabetes Prevention a Waste of Resources? See this week’s Item #4.

  New website for your patients with type 1 diabetes featuring engaging and inspiring videos about type 1 diabetes. Recently, the website Welcome to Type 1 posted an entertaining and thought-provoking three-minute video to answer the question, “How could getting type 1 make you stronger?” The creators, Dr. Jonathan White …

Janumet XR- Once Daily Dosage The FDA approved JANUMET® XR (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride (HCl) extended-release) tablets, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes that combines sitagliptin, which is the active component of JANUVIA® (sitagliptin), with extended-release metformin. JANUMET XR provides a convenient once-daily treatment option (See this week’s Item …

Be careful when you kiss this Valentine’s Day. “Mid-February is usually the peak season for infectious diseases, such as the seasonal and H1N1 flu, mononucleosis, colds and coughs,” says Jorge Parada, MD, medical director, infectious disease at Loyola University Health System. “And drinking from the same wine glass or sharing …

Under the new benefit, Medicare beneficiaries are eligible to receive free obesity screenings, and individuals identified as obese (BMI of 30 kg/m2 or greater) are also eligible for free obesity counseling in primary care settings. The counseling consists of weekly face-to-face sessions with a primary care provider for the first …

Consumers’ perceptions of what constitutes a healthy snack are subjective, but even so, 86% of shoppers consider fresh fruit a healthy snack, and 73% believe raw vegetables are a healthy snack, according to a recent consumer survey by Mintel, a market research firm. Nuts and seeds, too, qualified as healthy, …

Metformin should be the initial drug for most patients with type 2 diabetes refractory to lifestyle modifications, with a second drug added if needed, according to a new clinical practice guideline from the ACP.…

Type 2 diabetes is associated with greater relative risk of CHD in women than in men, according to The British Regional Heart Study and British Women’s Heart Health Study.…