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Recently, a patient of mine called about her post-meal glucose levels which were increasing.

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Disordered gastrointestinal motor function occurs in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and can result in symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, malnutrition, poor glycemic control and delayed absorption of orally administered drugs (Figure 23.1). Gustatory sweating, typically affecting the …

An 83-year-old woman who lived alone and was very active in her community was having wide swings in her glucose levels. She reported sometimes waking up hours after dinner with her head in her dinner plate. She did not understand why. She did not have family or caretakers nearby to …

  Too much circulating sugar and fat can cause the endothelial lining to become inflamed…. Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, stated that, “When the endothelial lining of our blood vessels becomes inflamed and unable to dilate properly, it drives …

Two configurations of an artificial pancreas were recently compared to conventional diabetes treatments in a world-first clinical trial…

A new set of "guiding principles" for the care of people with diabetes and those who are at risk for it has been issued from the NDEP with the endorsement from several medical societies… 

Better "bridge" care for patients transitioning from pediatric to adult health care is needed, say researchers, as the findings show a higher mortality rate especially among young women….  

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM “Are Some Individuals Programmed to Fail?” asked a recent review by Stephens and Sparks published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in November 20141. The authors claimed that up to 20 percent of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are non-responders, that …

30 to 40 minutes of daily activity shown to improve patients’ quality of life….

More studies needed to determine effect on adverse clinical outcomes…. Kitty Kit Ting Cheung and colleagues from the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong examined the implications of testosterone levels on cardiovascular CV risk factors, metabolic syndrome, and adverse clinical outcomes. The researchers …