UK physicians have been told to review all of their patients with diabetes to identify the one in 20 patients that research suggests may have been misdiagnosed or incorrectly classified with the disease….
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A Healthy Waist Bigger for Black Women
The definition of a healthy waistline may have a bit more room for African-American women than for white women….
Read More »Safety of Insulin Glargine Use in Pregnancy
The study was done to compare the safety of using Glargine in place of NPH insulin….
Read More »Low Magnesium Levels May Be Associated with Proton Pump Inhibitor Drugs
Because magnesium is important in controlling diabetes, patients who use these PPIs should be aware of possible low magnesium levels….
Read More »Last Patient Completes the Phase III Study Of Diamyd(R) Antigen Based Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
The last patient in the EU Diamyd Phase III clinical study has completed the 15-month visit, meaning that all patients in this study have completed the main 15 month study period in this trial….
Read More »Acute and Second-meal Effects of Almonds in Prediabetes
Inclusion of almonds in the breakfast meal decreased blood glucose concentrations….
Read More »Millions Risk Early Death Due to Diabetes Diagnosed or Treated Improperly
Poor diagnosis and ineffective treatment of diabetes may put millions of people worldwide at risk for early death….
Read More »Editor’s Note: More from ADA/PDR, GLP-1 Agonists, and More….
This week we have more ideas on how to treat the two most common forms of neuropathy: diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) from the ADA/PDR: Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes. Our popular Homerun Slides series on GLP-1 agonists and diabetes finishes up with Incretins, Part …
Read More »Letter from the Editor: Unexplained Weight Loss
Over the past couple of months I have received calls from three of my old insulin pump patients asking me to decrease their doses. These patients were all using over 400 units of insulin a day and were at least 100 pounds overweight. As I was talking to them it …
Read More »Unexplained Weight Loss and Decreased Insulin Needs in Severely Obese Type 2 Patients
by Ashley Berry, Mercer University Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate 2011 Is it possible for an obese Type 2 diabetic patient who administers large quantities of insulin daily to be able to suddenly reduce the amount of insulin they are taking and also have a significant reduction in weight? We …
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