Last week two of the most influential people on healthcare caused an uproar among diabetes experts. Dr. Mehmet Oz and Oprah Winfrey did a show about the diabetes problem titled "America’s Silent Killer." While most of us think that any information on how big the problem of diabetes is good, …

Normal Glucose Greater than 85mg/dL in Kids Predicts Diabetes Later. See this week’s Item #2. Key To Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered. See this week’s Item #9.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Family History Tree Have your patients use this family tree to map out their family’s health history. Identify family members who have lived with diabetes or other serious health conditions. Then, have them talk to their healthcare provider about what this means to them and others in their  family. Family …

One in Five Kids Have Abnormal Lipids: New data from the CDC shows that one in five youths aged 12 to 19 years has abnormal lipid levels. Also, nearly one-third of these youths are obese or overweight and based on their body-mass index (BMI) are candidates for lipid screening, according …

Thirty Million Americans Have Normal-Weight-Obesity: A recent report suggests that fat in your body can get you and your heart into trouble even if you don’t look fat and if the scale tells you you’re healthy. In a study that looked at data from 6,171 Americans with normal body size, …

Key to Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered: Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer. See this week’s Item #9.

Normal Glucose Greater than 85mg/dL in Kids Predicts Diabetes Later: Increases in fasting plasma glucose during childhood — even though levels remain in the normal range (85-100mg/dL.) — can predict adult prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes later in life, a retrospective cohort study showed. Among individuals with a fasting plasma …

Ten-year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.…

Increases in fasting plasma glucose during childhood — even though levels remain in the normal range 85-100mg/dL.) — can predict adult prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes later in life, a retrospective cohort study showed.…