Donating a kidney does not appear to significantly increase long-term risk of death. An analysis of outcomes for live kidney donors in the U.S. over a 15 year period finds they have similar long-term survival rates compared to healthy individuals who were not kidney donors, according to a study in …

Vigorous physical activity is associated with a modestly lower risk of cardiovascular disease when compared with activities of moderate intensity, a new study shows. The researchers found that the total volume of activity may be associated with the greatest reduction in risk, however, and that increased physical activity, even vigorous …

Obesity and weight control in our patients continues to be big news each and every week. The new issue of the ADA magazine, “Diabetes Forecast,” has an 8 page spread on surgery for weight loss. The article does a great job of showing the benefits versus the risks of bariatric surgery. …

By Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz     Review by Nathan R. Unger PharmD Candidate, University of Florida College of Pharmacy   Eat walnuts, almonds or peanuts 30 minutes before a meal. Avoid aluminum-containing deodorants. Drink one to two glasses of water before a meal. Supplement …

Tools For Your Practice:     A Healthier You From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services comes a new book on every-day healthy eating and physical activity for life. This one-stop, easy-to-use resource brings together nutrition science and expertise to help Americans make smart choices from every food group, find …

Diabetes Vaccine This Decade. See this week’s Item #3. Diabetes Diagnosis to Soar with A1c Switch for Diagnosis. See this week’s Item #1.

Of all Americans aged 65 and older, 3 out of 4 have diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to the CDC. Since the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, Medicare covers free screening tests for diabetes and pre-diabetes for at-risk seniors. However, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data …

Obesity and Diabetes Rates Raise Concerns: A quarter of all deaths in England over the past three decades had obesity as an underlying cause, according to a new study. Figures published in the European Journal of Public Health indicate that between 1995 and 2006, obesity-related death rates rose by an …

Hearing Loss Twice as Likely with Diabetes: People with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss as those who do not have diabetes, says the National Institutes of Health landmark study and recommends that all men and women with diabetes have their hearing tested. Based on the findings …

Causal Effects of Diabetes and Cancer: Four reports in Diabetologia presented data on the association between hypoglycaemic agents and the risk of cancer. One study showed a higher risk of cancer overall in subjects with diabetes receiving insulin or sulfonylureas than in those on metformin. In another study, the risk …