Children’s behavior generally mimics their parents’. Are we now seeing more obese children because children are mimicking their parent’s sedentary lifestyles?…
Read More »Diabetes and Periodontal Health Bi-directional
According to multiple studies, diabetics are at an increased risk of severe periodontitis. This association relationship appears to be bi-direction, meaning the presence of periodontal disease may hinder glycemic control in diabetes….
Read More »The FootMate System
The FootMate System Foot care is a daily challenge, but the podiatrist-recommended FootMate® System makes optimal foot health easy. The complete foot care system cleans, soothes, stimulates and massages patients’ feet every time they shower. The FootMate System is a brush and specially formulated gel that goes in the bath …
Read More »Diabetic Cancer Patients Experience Higher Rates of Mortality than Non-diabetic Cancer Patients
Out-of-control diabetes may not only put patients at risk of diabetes-related complications but also decrease chances of surviving cancer….
Read More »Diabetic Foot Ulcers and the Economic Burden on Insurers
Patients with diabetic foot ulcers have an annual burden on yearly Medicare of $11,710….
Read More »Obesity Linked to Increased Ovarian Cancer Risk
An analysis of 25 population studies which focused on weight and included 4 million women, 16,000 of whom developed ovarian cancer. The report showed a dose-response relationship: a six percent increased risk of developing ovarian cancer for every 5-point increase in BMI….
Read More »Hope for Healing Difficult-to-treat Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Italian researchers report that polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN), an adenosine receptor A2A agonist, shows some efficacy in healing chronic diabetic foot ulcers….
Read More »No Compelling Evidence Linking Incretin Therapies, Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. and European regulators have found no compelling evidence of a link between the drug class which includes GLP-1 analogs and DPP-4 inhibitors, and pancreas problems or pancreatic cancer….
Read More »Higher Blood Glucose Increases Stroke Risk in T2 Women but Not Men
Women disproportionately affected by stroke but cause is unknown….
Read More »Low Detection Rates Prevent Proper Treatment of Hypoglycemia in Young Children
Only 32% of hypoglycemic events were detected by parents or caregivers, despite glucose being self-monitored 10 times per day….
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