Obese diabetic mice treated with an extract of Panax ginseng berries shed weight and demonstrate significant improvement in glucose homeostasis, investigators from the University of Chicago report in the June issue of the journal Diabetes.
Read More »Issue 113 Item 2 Precose(R) Delays the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes
Study findings showed a 25% risk reduction to developing diabetes.
Read More »Issue 112 Item 13 ADA: Nateglinide Effectively Lowers Hemoglobin A1c in Type 2 D
It is good for patients in the real world who occasionally overeat
Read More »Issue 113 Item 17 FDA Approves New Sweetener 13,000 Times Sweeter Than Sugar
Neotame is made by Monsanto, which also makes NutraSweet’s sweetener Equal.
Read More »Issue 113 Item 1 Why Obese Diabetics Overeat and Can’t Loose Weight!
Due to the hormone ghrelin which reduces appetite after eating not going down.
Read More »Issue 112 Item 12 Alcohol Unlikely to Cut Diabetes Risk
A new study has found that alcohol does not appear to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Issue 113 Item 16 Statin Study May Encourage Couch Potatoes to Remain Spuds
Dietary experts worry that findings may encourage couch potatoes to stay put.
Read More »SNORING AND DIABETES
Dr. Peter Forsham the noted diabetes specialist from the Univ. of California at San Francisco presented a lecture that I attended as a young professor that impressed me. He stated “if you know diabetes, you know medicine since diabetes effects every tissue and organ system from head to toe”. He …
Read More »Issue 112 Item 11 New Test Predicts Which Type 2’s Will Become Type 1’s Within 5
Islet antibody testing could prevent complications by initiating insulin treatment much earlier.
Read More »Issue 113 Item 15 Wider Guidelines Urged for Statins*
Prescribing statins for people with type 2 diabetes irregardless of cholesterol levels. These findings should tear up the rule-book on statin prescribing,” says Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet. “This marks a major conceptual shift in our understanding of the prevention of heart disease.”
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