A new study states that there are no long term benefits from type 2 diabetes group education programs….
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In the low-cost intervention, the researchers determined that lowering the HbA1c cutoff from 6.0% to 5.9% would cost….
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For obese postmenopausal women, weight loss diet with or without exercise cuts inflammatory biomarkers….
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Researchers have shown that levels of certain related proteins found in blood are associated with a greatly reduced risk for developing type 2 diabetes up to a decade or more later….
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The additional medical spending due to obesity is double previous estimates and exceeds even those of smoking….
Read More »Exercise and Sport in Diabetes, 2nd Ed., Part 5
by Jean-Jacques Grimm 2.5 Hyperglycemia Exercise can cause a rise in blood glucose in two situations when…
Read More »Managing Hospital Safety: Common Safety Concerns, Part 3 of 4
This week we bring you Part 3 of our Homerun Slides on Hospital Safety, homing in especially on Managing Patient Safety: High-Risk Medications in the Hospital Setting….
Read More »GLP-1 and Appetite Suppression
There has been an increased use of GLP-1 analogs in patients with diabetes over the past two years as the advent of daily dosing has made medication adherence simpler and more clinicians are comfortable with the available choices.
Read More »“Calculate” Free App for Medical Professionals
“Calculate” Free App for Medical Professionals by QxMD, 4/5 stars “Calculate” offers a large library of formulas and calculators for the healthcare professional. It has both an iPad and iPhone/iPod interface also for Blackberry and Android phones. In addition to traditional formulas used for labs, kinetics, etc., Calculate includes a …
Read More »Ultra-Long-Acting Insulin Degludec, Two New Studies
Two published Phase III studies reveal that ultra-long-acting insulin degludec considerably reduced rates of….
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