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“Just when those of us in the diabetes community have been riding a wave of reassurance from very recent studies showing favorable rosiglitazone safety results, comes word of studies published in the current issue of Diabetalogia raising the question as to whether insulin glargine (Lantus) may be associated with an increased …

“I have had at least 50 phone calls this weekend — all of the patients want to know what to do….”

…tells his patients, “The recent reports from Europe regarding Lantus being associated with cancer do not represent anything close to a proper scientific analysis.”

David Joffe,BSPharm, CDE, FACA It has been over a week since Diabetologia released a meta-analysis of studies that possibly indicated that Lantus use is associatedwith cancer. During this time the lay press, television and cable news andhealth channels have pasted this all over the globe and many patients arecalling your …

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.,FACSM As a physically active person, you arelikely to be bombarded with claims about the superiority ofparticular diets and guarantees that specific nutritional supplementswill enhance your athletic performance. With the fierce competitionthat exists in sports nowadays, athletes look for any edge to improvetheir athletic ability. They will …

Mothers who drink an excessive amount of fructose-sweetened beverages during pregnancy or breast-feeding may be likelier to have children—at least sons—who are more prone to becoming overweight and developing Type 2 diabetes, authors of a new study reported.

Just as in the Accord study and in the Avandia debacle controversy, premature release of this kind of information before all the facts are in can be devastating for the medical community and patients. They will tell patients to consult with their physicans before making any changes to their treatment. …

Researchers studying 6,538 people in the UK over almost 10 years found specific changes in blood glucose levels and sensitivity to the hormone insulin.

The Mediterranean diet is back in the news today, with new information suggesting that “wine, veg and little meat [are a] recipe for long life.” The researchers said that they had found that not all components of the Mediterranean diet had the same benefits.

If only patients knew, just how important lifestyle factors are? With that said, one could easily argue that the laboratory measures are actually proxies for lifestyle factors. Ninety percent of new diabetes cases may be due to lifestyle factors. Just maybe we should spend more effort educating patients on lifestyle …