Researchers in the Children’s Hospital Boston Informatics Program performed an in-depth evaluation of ten diabetes websites, looking at their quality of information….
Read More »Medication Education Key to Adherence
Medication compliance is a major issue for people with diabetes, and especially those with co- morbidities. Researchers say that medication education is a key factor in helping patients with diabetes better stick to their drug treatment plans….
Read More »New Once Daily Insulin Degludec Reduces Hypoglycemia
In Type 1 diabetes patients, insulin degludec — an ultra-long-acting basal insulin — controlled blood sugar levels as well as insulin glargine but…
Read More »Effects of Insulin on Brain Glucose Metabolism in Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Insulin stimulates brain glucose metabolism at physiological postprandial levels in patients with impaired glucose tolerance but not in healthy subjects….
Read More »A 495% Increase in Annual Incidence of Unintentional Therapeutic Errors Involving Insulin
Unintentional therapeutic errors involving insulin occurred primarily in adults more than 40 years old (73%) and occurred between the hours of 6-12PM….
Read More »Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Memory Loss in Older People
Older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss….
Read More »A Hemoglobin A1c of Greater than 5% Can Be a Predictor of Incident Diabetes
The incidence of diabetes progressively and significantly increased among patients with an HbA1c greater than 5.0%….
Read More »Nitrates in Spinach Counteract Components of Metabolic Syndrome
Nitrates reduce oxygen consumption during physical exercise; however, they are also of potential significance to diseases involving mitochondrial dysfunction, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease….
Read More »FDA Spells Out Who Can Use Rosiglitazone
Rosiglitazone label updated to include elevated risk of cardiovascular events.…
Read More »A1c, Fasting Glucose and Future Risk of Elevated Depressive Symptoms
New data suggest that poor glucose metabolism and diabetes are risk factors for future depression in older adults….
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