Latino/Hispanic, Asian, and African-descent patients with Type 2 diabetes show different metabolic responses to insulin therapy, dependent in part on insulin type and regimen intensity….
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MicroRNAs Could Increase the Risk of Amputation in Diabetes Patients
New research has found one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients….
Read More »Why Coffee May Help Protect against Diabetes
Coffee can give you a jump-start to the day but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against Type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Just 2000 Steps a Day Keeps Diabetes Risk Away
Walking not only prevents weight gain in middle age but also helps prevent or delay diabetes….
Read More »Lights Out Dusk to Bedtime Lowers Chances of Diabetes, Insomnia
Turning down the lights from dusk to bedtime could induce sleep, lower blood pressure, curbing diabetes risk….
Read More »Simplified Rx Refills May Boost Adherence
Patients who had multiple drug prescriptions with different refill schedules and from different prescribers tended not to take cardiovascular medications when they should….
Read More »The Best Time to Exercise to Lose the Most Weight and Improve Insulin Sensitivity
Late-breaking study reveals how to NOT pay dearly for dietary indiscretions, slim down, and improve your insulin sensitivity. The trick? Just do your workout at this time of day….
Read More »Editor’s Note: GLP-1 Agonists, ID Bracelets and More Great Slides
After Andrew left the JPMorgan Meeting in San Francisco we spoke about the near future of diabetes care for Type 2 patients and he said he thought it will be in GLP-1 agonist therapy. With over 16 new GLP-1s in second or third phase development it is no wonder that …
Read More »Diabetes Disaster Averted #16: ID Bracelet Prevents Trip to ER
I had a patient who was diabetic and on insulin. He was a young man who liked to go out on weekends. I stressed how he needed to wear a medical ID bracelet and he did purchase one….
Read More »Letter from the Editor: JP Morgan Conference, Eli Lilly-Boehringer Ingelheim News and More on Accidental Insulin Injection
Last week, many companies in the diabetes world were in San Francisco to present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Our own president, Andrew Young, was in attendance to see and hear what was going on, and to sum it up, 2011 does not look like a breakthrough year for …
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