This week, we bring you part 2 of Homerun Slides short series on Estimated Average Glucose, covering topics including What Can Clinicians and Educators Do? and What Can Clinical Chemists Do? to help patients understand eAG…
Read More »Why Heart Rate Variability Is Key to Longevity and Healthy Aging
Sheri Colberg, PhD A lot of my clinical research of late has been on a collision course with heart rate variability, or HRV for short. In fact, it has gotten to the point that I now believe that maintaining your HRV is the key to your well-being, …
Read More »SurroSense Rx Wireless Shoe Insert
SurroSense Rx Wireless Shoe Insert The SurroSense Rx is a high-tech, pressure-sensing insole and wristband that tells the user when damage is being done to the feet. The product is designed to mitigate diabetic foot complications, such as ulceration, infection and amputation. Patients are often unaware when pressure thresholds are …
Read More »Waist Size Determines Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Diabetes
A bigger waistline, coinciding with a higher risk of cardio-metabolic complications in type 2 diabetes patients, suggests that waist measurement is critical for this population….
Read More »Chemicals in Nail Polish, Hair Sprays Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk
A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of….
Read More »FDA Approves Phentermine-Topiramate Combo for Weight Loss
The FDA has approved the weight-loss drug Qsymia, formerly Qnexa, which now joins lorcaserin (Belviq), as the first anti-obesity medications to enter the US market since 1999….
Read More »New Way to Treat Diabetes – Treat the Biological Clock
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Eye Damage in Hypertension and Diabetes
High blood pressure and diabetes can cause eye cell and blood vessel damage….
Read More »Hyperfiltration a Risk Factor for Diabetic Nephropathy
Persistent hyperfiltration tied to greater declines in renal function, nephropathy in type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Diabetes Remission after Gastric Bypass Determined by Beta Cell Function Not Weight Loss
Remission of type 2 diabetes in severely obese people after bariatric surgery hinges on baseline beta cell function, not weight loss….
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