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Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mr. BG was referred to a diabetes multidisciplinary team by his GP. “Mr. BG is a 70-year-old man. Can you help me develop an appropriate management plan? He has had diabetes …

We continue this week with our Homerun Slides series on Pathophysiology in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Newer Agents with slides on Incretins and DPP 4 Inhibitors….

Fight with Your Underwear to Burn Extra Calories Some people go on a diet. Others go to the gym. But in Japan a more novel way of losing weight is fast gaining popularity — wearing “fat burning” underwear. A growing number of Japanese men and women are slipping into underwear which …

MPR Mobile App now offers a Drug Interactions Checker on the Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android platforms. The MPR Drug Interactions Checker includes a database of nearly 7,000 agents with over 3,800 detailed drug-drug, drug-alcohol, drug-food, and drug-herbal interactions. Interactions are classified by severity and also include …

Adding the type 2 diabetes drug liraglutide (Victoza) to insulin therapy improves glycemic control in patients with type 1 disease, researchers said….

Being obese might up the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes, but the true risk factors may lie in how much someone is overweight and how long they’ve been that way. This is crucial information because we are seeing more obesity in young children….

In newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, therapy with oral antidiabetes drugs plus basal insulin (OAD+insulin) has had favorable outcomes on recovery and maintenance of β-cell function and protracted glycemic remission compared to treatment with OAD alone….

Use of electronic health records (EHRs) for patients with diabetes improves achievement of care and outcomes targets, researchers found.…

An HbA1c cut-point of 5.7% is a suitable value for predicting future diabetes. It is reasonable to consider an HbA1c range of 5.7-6.4% as a category of increased risk for diabetes, similar to an IFG or IGT.…

High-protein and low-glycemic diets (reducing carbohydrates) improve dietary compliance and maintenance of weight loss in overweight adults who have lost weight on a low-calorie diet.…