A team-based approach helps improve control of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and depression in the primary care setting by modifying both patient and physician behaviors….

Daily aspirin use may protect the heart but hurt the eyes, boosting the risk of AMD….

In a warning letter to Animas posted online by the FDA, the agency wrote that inspectors found Animas never reported on one complaint about serious patient injury and delayed reporting on two others….

Low levels of vitamin D may confer a cardiovascular benefit, but too much vitamin D may have the opposite effect….

Last week I was walking in the OTC department in front of the pharmacy and I noticed a box of Fastin on the shelf. I was surprised by this as I knew that the RX version was phentermine 37.5 mg and could not believe that you could now buy it …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 1 of 2) Despite the benefits of these family-based programs, they pose a challenge for working with older adolescents if their parents do not come to clinic or for young people in families …

In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we discuss whether it is possible to delay the onset of type 2 DM and explore the effects of some medications on obesity…

Welcome back from the holiday season. This past week has been a real workout. Everyone who put health on the back burner last month seems to be showing up in our offices, wanting immediate service and quick fixes. In addition the “Resolution” patients are coming in looking for fast and …

Lower maternal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH D) during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of offspring developing type 1 diabetes during childhood, according to a study. Using radioimmunoassay, 25-OH D levels were measured on late pregnancy samples from 109 women whose offspring developed type 1 diabetes before …

A new study claims that people who drink at least three cups of black tea each day could be lowering their risk of developing conditions such as diabetes and heart attacks. It is already believed that regularly drinking tea helps to prevent the blood from clotting and manages blood pressure. …