Self-Assessment Improves Diabetes Screening A simple questionnaire on lifestyle, age, and health history could improve widespread diabetes screening efforts, researchers said. The self-assessment score selected out 35% of screened persons as high risk, with a sensitivity of 79% and specificity of 67%, Heejung Bang, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medical College …

Dark Chocolate Eases Emotional Stress: The “chocolate cure” for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial. The study found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. …

Prevalence of High LDL Cholesterol Levels Decreases in U.S.: Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the “bad” cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study. But a high percentage of adults still are not screened or treated for …

Sulfonylureas Increase Risks of Death and Heart Failure: Sulfonylurea monotherapy for Type 2 diabetes was associated with increased risks of all-cause death and congestive heart failure compared with metformin, a large, retrospective study showed. Through a mean follow-up of 7.1 years, both first-generation and second-generation sulfonylureas were associated with elevated …

One in Five Type 2’s Is “Morbidly Obese” — 100 or More Pounds Overweight: Researchers reported that 62.4 percent of U.S. adults with Type 2 diabetes are obese, and 20.7 percent are morbidly obese. Among African American adults with Type 2 diabetes, 1 in 3 is morbidly obese. “The rate …

Sulfonylurea monotherapy for Type 2 diabetes was associated with increased risks of all-cause death and congestive heart failure compared with metformin, a large, retrospective study showed.

In a survey of 200 primary care physicians and 100 endocrinologists, 32% reported an inability to provide comprehensive diabetes care. Almost one-third of doctors in an industry-sponsored survey said they didn’t spend enough time with their diabetes patients and blamed low reimbursement rates for diabetes care, researchers said.

Incident dysglycemia in those who are ICA positive is strongly predictive of Type 1 diabetes. Children with incident dysglycemia have an especially high risk.

An independent review of clinical trials of Generex Oral-lyn(TM) shows that the oral insulin spray has a faster onset of action and shorter duration of action than insulin delivered subcutaneously.