HbA1c levels decreased by 1.74% in those receiving exenatide and 1.04% in those receiving placebo.…

Your response to the Managing Clinical Problems in Diabetes case we brought you last week was overwhelming, and with that in mind we continue our series of cases from them. This week we look at a referral from a podiatrist. In last week’s Diabetes in Control newsletter I commented on …

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath This week, we continue with our special series of case discussions. Mrs. TZ was referred by a podiatrist: Mrs. TZ is a 50-year-old woman with Type 1 (she assures me this …

Of the approximately 72 and a half million adults who are obese, 41% (about 30 million) have incomes at or above 350% of the poverty level, 39% (over 28 million) have incomes between 130% and 350% of the poverty level, and 20% (almost 15 million) have incomes below 130% of …

I saw an obese long-term person with Type 2 diabetes who was experiencing widely fluctuating BGs and had had two hospitalizations within the previous six months, one for a BG of 28mg dl and one for an infested hair follicle (BG 413 mg/dl in ER)….

This week obesity is again in the headlines as the Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by us from the Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 …

  Patients will appreciate the tiny 0.3 μL sample size of the GLUCOCARD® 01 meter. The glucose oxidase based test strip platform provides results in as little as 7 seconds. The auto coded meter has a 360-test memory providing an invaluable tool to monitor results and patient progress. The GLUCOCARD® …

A diabetes education program significantly improved long-term blood-sugar control among patients. The program taught low-income, poorly educated people with diabetes to better manage their disease. Researchers divided 56 participants into two groups, providing one group with an intensive problem-solving course that spanned more than nine sessions and covered standard diabetes …

A study has offered up a new clue to the country’s obesity epidemic, suggesting video-game use is not just a rampant and sedentary replacement for physical exertion, but actually makes players eat more — even when they are not hungry. After the gaming, they consumed an average of 80 calories …

Couples who attended a preventive cardiology program together, after one partner had suffered a coronary disease event, changed their dietary and exercise habits in tandem, a new analysis from the EUROACTION study shows. Patients who made the most changes were more likely to be associated with partners who did the …