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by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Another new year is upon us, and being more active should be on the top of your lists of things to do this year. Whether you’re new to exercise or a sports enthusiast, diabetes can create an obstacle to being regularly physically active. As …

  This Mini Portable Electronic Scale weighs objects from 0.1g to 500 grams. It’s even small enough for your patients to fit into a pocket and use when they dine out. Great for measuring the grams of carbs. Doctor’s Option Mini Portable Electronic Scale      

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we review the positives and negatives of sulfonylureas, comparing them with some of the newer medications available including incretins… To download these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, use this link: Diabetes Mellitus 101 for Cardiologists, Part 13 Other sets in this series: Diabetes Mellitus 101 for Cardiologists, Part …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Exercise Regular physical exercise is an important component of the management and prevention of type 2 diabetes (Figure 26.1). Aerobic exercise, in particular, and resistance exercise improve insulin sensitivity and glycemic control. Blood glucose and lipid profiles improve, as well as insulin …

  April Steen MSSW, LCSW   In the world of activity trackers there are many choices. The number one thing to consider when using these products is to find one that makes sense to you. If it’s not comfortable or user friendly, you will not use it and therefore defeats …

Changes include a new blood sugar standard for children and adolescents; a lower BMI screening threshold for Asian Americans; and new recommendations on statin use based on risk status…

Endogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists appears to inhibit fluid intake… Type 2 patients have an elevated risk for dehydration due to high glucose levels, and an increasingly popular class of diabetes drugs may increase this risk even more, a team of researchers at the State University of New York at …

New guidelines call for giving the cholesterol-lowering drugs to almost all people with diabetes to help prevent heart disease…

Clinicians are urged to consider testing for diabetes in all Asian American adults who present with a BMI ≥23 kg/m2… Aligning its guidelines with evidence that Asian Americans develop type 2 diabetes at lower BMI levels than the general population, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has lowered its screening cut …

Nearly 600,000 cancer cases in the UK could have been avoided in the last five years if people had healthier lifestyles according to Cancer Research UK…. Overall, experts say that more than four in 10 cancers could be prevented by changes to lifestyle. With health services already overstretched and people …