This week’s New Product: The Stairs Maybe we should reintroduce our patients to them? For an inspiring article on how we are missing out on this great exercise opportunity as well as her own take on the CDC’s latest predictions on the increase in diabetes in the U.S., see Sheri …

As patients progress through the stages of diabetes from the simple use of Metformin to complex basal/bolus insulin regimens there are many stops along the way. This week Dr. Edelman and Dr. Henry focus on multiple shot insulin regimens for Type 2 patients. We know that these patients are losing …

Type 2’s Fail in Their Oral Care: Diabetes study reveals despite higher risks most people with diabetes don’t change their oral care routines. As a result of unstable blood glucose levels, diabetes increases a person’s risk of developing serious complications from poor oral hygiene. A study found that two-thirds active …

Dietary Fructose and Hypertension: The association between fructose and increased blood pressure is still incompletely defined because experimental studies have produced dissimilar conclusions. Amplified vasopressor responses to minimal stimuli and differing responses to fructose in peripheral versus central sites may explain the controversy. Fructose induces systemic hypertension through several mechanisms …

Diabetic Patients Use Tech to Communicate with Docs When It’s Free: Patients with diabetes may seek information from their physicians outside of scheduled office visits but are not willing to pay for such services, according to a new study. Among 300 patients with diabetes, the study authors noted, 42% communicated …

A new study has revealed that beta cells-responsible for making insulin in the human body do not replicate after the age of 30…. 

The FDA has told the makers of the proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin that it will not at this time approve the marketing of  the medication, citing concerns about its marginal effectiveness and about cancers that occurred at higher-than-usual rates in animal studies….

Reduced functional reserve may reflect a reduced number of nephrons undergoing individual hyperfiltration. If so, offspring of Type 1 diabetic mothers may be predisposed to glomerular and vascular diseases….

A direct link between heart rate at rest and risk of death in people with stable heart disease has been found in a study. Heart rates greater than 78 had a 39% increased risk of suffering a major vascular event, a 77% increased risk of cardiovascular disease death, and a …

Two sugary drinks a day increases risk as much as smoking for diabetes. Even if it doesn’t make you fat, overloading on sugary drinks can still cause metabolic problems like diabetes, according to a new meta-analysis….