A majority of members of the FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee believe the likely benefits of a new diet drug would outweigh its risks….

People with Type 2 diabetes who drink alcohol are at increased risk for blurry vision unrelated to retinopathy….

As I look back over the past year, it has been quite a ride for all of us in healthcare and in diabetes. Congress passed the historic healthcare reform law but will it stay? Part of that bill reduced payments to physicians by 24% and Congress blocked the reduction three …

Last week our publisher, Steve Freed, shared some great Homerun Slides on how Type 2 diabetes develops and what role hormones play in the progression of the disease. Your response was overwhelming and this week Steve brings us the second installment with some more great slides on inflammation markers. In …

As we come to the end of the year, there is some good news out there for our patients. Last week Congress finally got their act together and realized that patient care for seniors would suffer if the proposed cut in physician reimbursement came about. After extending the current reimbursement …

Weight Loss Drug Approved: The FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion (Contrave) outweigh the drug’s blood pressure risk. The FDA will make an approval decision by Jan. 31. The agency does not have to follow the advice …

MD Mouse The MdMouse system includes a computer mouse with a blood pressure monitor and application software to display blood pressure readings on a computer monitor. The readings go directly from the MDMouse system sensor to the computer for recording on the hard drive. can The MdMouse also maintain records …

New Mechanism Discovered for Controlling Blood Sugar Level: According to Professor Andrew Tobin (University of Leicester, UK), in order to maintain the correct levels of sugar, a protein, called the M3-muscarinic receptor, present on the cells that release insulin in the pancreas, has to be active and also needs to …

Green Tea’s Effect on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Satiety: Results of epidemiological studies have suggested that consumption of green tea could lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Intervention studies show that green tea may decrease blood glucose levels and increase satiety. This study examined the postprandial effects of green …

Higher Diabetes Risk in South Asians: People of South Asian origin are more prone to diabetes because of the way their muscles burn fat. The findings suggest that South Asian men have a lower rate of fat metabolism during exercise than European men. During resting states, fat metabolism was the …