Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. RS was referred to an endocrinologist by her GP: “Mrs. RS is a 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes. She has a strong family history of hypercholestaemia, hypertension and cardiac …

Recently I saw a type 1 DM patient diagnosed in 1980 at 15 years of age. She had not seen an educator in quite some time but had changed from NPH/Regular to Lantus & Regular….

From the Diabetes Detection Initiative and Steps to a Healthier US, comes this easy two-page test. Encourage your patients to “Take the Test and Know Your Score.” This simple test can give your patients their risk for diabetes and prediabetes. All they need to do is answer seven quick questions …

Sanofi touts promising Ph3 results for its diabetes GLP-1 drug: once-daily lixisenatide See this week’s Item #6, Sanofi’s Once Daily GLP-1 Lyxumia ® Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase 3 Study.

Dr. Christian Holscher and his University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK, team have already found the drug can enhance brain cell growth and protect memory formation in mice, as well as reducing levels of amyloid — a hallmark protein in Alzheimer’s — in the brain. The research team focused on …

The risk of depression among patients with diabetes varies depending on age and type of diabetes according to new research. The study investigated the risk of depression according to diabetes treatment, sex and age in the Norwegian population using data from the National Register of Prescriptions, including people being prescribed …

Transportation For America, a coalition of pedestrian advocates and transportation reform groups, has released their report, Dangerous By Design 2011, naming the most dangerous cities for walking in the USA. They used 10 years of pedestrian fatality data and census data on walking to calculate a Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) …

Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies …

Combining two drugs commonly prescribed to treat depression and lower cholesterol can raise blood sugar to potentially harmful levels, according to a study released this week that was based partly on a search of computerized patient records at Boston-area hospitals….

A woman’s cardiometabolic profile predicted the risk of gestational diabetes as early as seven years before pregnancy….