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CVD preventive treatment should also be started much earlier in patients with lower risk….
Read More »Fruit Juice Can Have Same Amount of Sugar as Cola
Researchers suggest that fruit juice should not be considered as one of the five recommended portions of healthy vegetables or fruits consumed in a day….
Read More »Researchers Uncover Possible Reason behind Poor Wound Healing in Diabetes
A molecule inhibiting blood vessel growth in patients with diabetes, PGC-1 alpha, may be the culprit….
Read More »Using EHR’s to Track Prediabetes Recognition and Treatment
How quickly are clinicians identifying prediabetes in their patients, and then following up and treating it?…
Read More »Depression and Impulse Control Disorders Associated with Diabetes
In large international sample of patients with mental disorders, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa were found to have an even stronger association with diabetes than other disorders….
Read More »FDA to Review DPP-4 Inhibitor Saxagliptin for Increased Heart Failure Risk
SAVOR (Saxagliptin Assessment of Vascular Outcomes Recorded in patients with diabetes mellitus) trial showed a 27% increase in hospitalizations for heart failure among patients receiving saxagliptin as opposed to placebo….
Read More »Is Periodontal Disease Influenced by Diabetes Type?
Severity of periodontal disease between type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients….
Read More »Has the Link between Obesity and Insulin Resistance Been Discovered?
Midkine, also known as MK, a protein cytokine that promotes cell proliferation, differentiation, survival, and migration, may hold the clues….
Read More »Lens Autofluorescence Detection Device May Help Predict Diabetes
Freedom Meditech has received marketing clearance for a device that measures lens autofluorescence without dilation….
Read More »Sheri Colberg, PhD, Q1, ADA 2013: How can clinicians verify that patients are exercising as prescribed?
Dr. Colberg gives us some tips on how to validate whether patients are exercising and how much. She cautions against changes in body weight as evidence of exercise: muscle mass will actually weigh more. The “clothes test” is a better option as well as checking for other physical signs such …
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