Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. KB was referred to an endocrinologist by her GP: Thank you for advising about this 59-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes. She has all the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, …

  by Tricia Greaves, President, The Nelson Center for Emotional Healing   Consider that people who struggle chronically with their weight may be emotional eaters who are using food as a way to soothe pain and manage stress. Despite appearances to the contrary, the unhealthy choices patients make aren’t necessarily …

Now that we are past Memorial Day, school is almost done, and the outdoor season is officially upon us, it is interesting to watch how patients look for excuses to not care for their diabetes. End-of-school graduation parties followed by vacations, cruises and visits to the family can challenge almost …

NIH Pulls Plug on (AIM-HIGH) Trial with Niacin. Trial of extended-release niacin (Niaspan, Abbott) given in addition to statin therapy in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, high triglycerides, and low levels of HDL cholesterol has been halted prematurely, 18 months ahead of schedule, because niacin offered no additional …

 Medtronic Monitors Diabetes While You’re Driving People with diabetes and their caregivers know that constant monitoring of their blood glucose levels is critical to managing the disease — even while driving. In a partnership, Medtronic and Ford have developed voice-controlled in-car connections for drivers to monitor their blood glucose levels. A …

HbA1c has a low sensitivity to diagnose diabetes in older Asian subjects and caution is required when using HbA1c in isolation. This raises the possibility that a different cut-off value for different age groups may be more appropriate. Patients were stratified into 4 age groups in a cross-sectional study of …

A biomedical professor has found that onions, green tea and olive leaf extract can fight obesity and its related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and fatty liver, even when a high-fat and high-carbohydrate diet is indulged in. Prof Lindsay Brown, tested a range of foods on rats that were …

Pooled data involving well over a million subjects confirms that diabetes increases the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), researchers say. “In this study which brought together all of the available evidence, we found that individuals with diabetes had between 30% to 40% greater risk of AF compared with non-diabetics and …

New findings out of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveal that a common test may be useful in predicting early death in individuals with diabetes….

Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism, causing the body to use less energy.…