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A patient of mine was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He started on insulin and I taught him about glucose targets; insulin administration, including the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia; and how to prevent, recognize, and treat hypoglycemia. I also taught him about the “honeymoon period,” which, I told …

Harvard researchers found that adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with longer telomeres, a biomarker of longevity… In a population based cohort study, researchers examined blood sample data from of 4,676 disease-free women from nested case-control studies within the Nurses’ Health Study who had had telomere length measured and …

Limiting food intake to 9-12 hours per day in mice was effective against high-fat, high-fructose and high-sucrose diets…

EMA committee recommends that medication labels be changed to reflect more accurate data….

Automated reminders improve medication adherence and cholesterol control…

Lowering saturated fat intake did not lower saturated fat blood levels but increasing carbs raised levels of palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid associated with disease…

The proportion of patients experiencing a rapid decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) can be decreased significantly with niacin, as can all-cause mortality… Elani Streja, PhD Chief investigator, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, commented on the study, stated, “Across all models of adjustment, patients who took niacin had …

A new literature review finds that about one in five people with type 2 diabetes do not respond favorably to exercise… Exercise benefits most, but not all, individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The beneficial effects are well studied, but why some individuals do not respond favorably to exercise training …

Although those diagnosed with diabetes consumed more protein and less sugar, all individuals consumed less fiber and more saturated fat than recommended….

Saxagliptin shows improved glycemic control when added to other classes of medications in type 2 diabetes patients… Saxagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor that works by extending the half-life of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). The medication can be used as monotherapy or in combination with …