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Dr. Aaron Vinik, a world-reknowned expert on diabetic neuropathy, talks about the issue of “numb feet” and how this early sympton of diabetes often ends up in a patient being sent to a podiatrist rather than getting care for diabetes. He also reveals some of the exciting new medications and …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz discusses the “Adipocytokine Syndrome” which he describes as “A New Model for Insulin Resistance and Beta Cell Dysfunction.” He also reviews and compares several diabetes drugs’ effects on insulin resistance and beta cell function as well as other diabetes comorbidities….   To download these …

Convenience, cost, frequency contribute to decrease in mortality rates… A report from American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2014 showed that home dialysis therapies may help prolong the lives of patients with kidney failure when compared to hemodialysis treatments administered in medical centers. It was shown that home dialysis …

Low-intensity home exercise program improves physical performance in dialysis patients… Heart disease is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease. Patients with chronic kidney disease have reduced capacity for exercise due to their conditions. Sharlene Greenwood, MD, and her colleagues examined the effect of 12 months …

Prevention methods differ from standard stroke and myocardial infarction presentations in T2DM patients… Type 2 diabetes patients are considered to be at increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. While the incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction has been decreasing in type 2 diabetes patients, these disease states continue to be the …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz talks about the Annual Cycle of Metabolism that has helped keep humans alive for tens of thousands of year but is now working to our disadvantage instead resulting in Modern Insulin Resistant Man…. To download these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, use this link: Diabetes …

Use over 10-year period also leads to cardiac events in type 2 patients using metformin monotherapy… Cardiovascular disease is a common comorbid complication in type 2 diabetes patients. 50-80% of type 2 diabetes patient deaths are a result of a cardiovascular disease. Sulfonylureas are one of the most widely prescribed …

Girls whose mothers were also overweight or obese had an even higher risk…. Researchers conducted a study to see if there was an association between hyperglycemia in utero, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and childhood obesity. This research included 421 girls and their mothers in the Kaiser Permanente system in Northern …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz talks about the Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes and the possibilities for altering the usual development of the disease. He also discusses different strategies for different types of insulin resistance and the implications of this for therapy…. To download these slides in PowerPoint …

Lab models that develop diabetes and cancer and that lacked Sirtuin 3 also developed pulmonary hypertension… A University of Alberta team has discovered a protein that is important in the development of pulmonary hypertension which is caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs due to excessive …