Decaffeinated coffee may acutely impair glucose metabolism….
Read More »Aspirin Associated with Reduced Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
Regular low-dose aspirin may reduce all-cause and CVD mortality in a primary prevention setting in Type 2 diabetes….
Read More »TrackitBack
TrackitBack Have you ever lost a cell phone or a camera or your ipod? Have you ever received a call from a patient that their child has lost their insulin pump? Now there is a new service, introduced at the recent CES exhibition in Las Vegas that can find it …
Read More »It’s as Easy as 1-2-3 Injections a Day — Or Is It?
Dave Joffe, BSPharm, CDE, FACA Editor, Diabetes In Control According to a study published in the February 2010 issue of Diabetes Care, 57% of the study participants reported omitting insulin injections, with 20% doing so on a regular basis. The study, “Correlates of Insulin Injection Omission by Peyrot, …
Read More »Why We Need to Attack the Diabetes Problem with Lifestyle Changes — and Why We Need to Do It Now
By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM The National Changing Diabetes (R) Program (NCDP), a program of Novo Nordisk (www.ncdp.com), recently published online the results of their new analysis that found that the cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007, with the exploding number of cases of Type 2 …
Read More »Diabetic Eye Disease More Severe in African-Americans Who Consume More Calories, Sodium
High intakes of calories and sodium appear to be associated with the progression of retinal disease among African American patients with diabetes….
Read More »HbA1c Screening in Routine Clinical Practice
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) may be useful for diabetes screening and diagnosis in routine clinical practice….
Read More »New Breath Sensor Could Help Combat Diabetes
A tiny new sensor could provide fresh, inexpensive diagnosis and treatment methods for people suffering from a variety of diseases….
Read More »Congenital Anomalies Linked to Mom’s Diabetes
Pregestational maternal diabetes was associated with an increased risk of a major congenital anomaly, but obesity itself was not, a cross-sectional study found….
Read More »Medical Professionals Failing to Tell Patients They Are Not Fit to Drive
Many healthcare professionals are failing to advise people with medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive whether they should get behind the wheel….
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