A change in thinking about the ways type 2 diabetes evolves indirectly opened the door to considering new ways of thinking about how type 1 diabetes behaves. That shift led to considering whether that door swung both ways and if type 1 diabetics might benefit from treatments designed to treat type 2 diabetes.
A new look at diabetes patients in the United States who use insulin and wind up in the emergency room with low blood sugar shows the dangerous scenario is more than twice as likely to happen to those over 80 years old.
Think you’re a master dieter? These common weight-loss mistakes can ruin even the most disciplined action plan (and you might not even be aware you’re making them). If you’re eating healthy and working out and wondering why you’re still not at your goal weight, these common diet destroyers could be to blame.
According to the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) newest nutrition recommendations, there is no one diet or eating pattern that is best for everyone with diabetes. Research has found that all of these have the potential to work when managing diabetes.
The drugs in question, called GLP-1 medicines, help spur insulin production after meals. Nine are approved in Europe and seven in the U.S., including include Merck’s Januvia and Janumet, Novo Nordisk’s Victoza and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Byetta and Bydureon.
We’ve been hearing for a long time now that fish and other types of seafood are good for us. Current recommendations tell us to aim to eat “two fish meals a week.” But fish has some fishy aspects to it, like mercury. And what about all that cholesterol in shellfish?
A recent New York Times article reports that researchers have found a rare mutation that reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by two thirds, even in obese people.
Researchers from the University of Washington Medical Center found that traffic pollution seems to affect the structure and functioning of the heart’s right ventricle.
Diabetes is a global illness. This map by the Wall Street Journal shows the diabetes prevalence and related expenditures around the world. It is no surprise that the United States and Europe show the highest diabetes-related expenditures when compared to the rest of the world.
Recent research has found that even though a blood glucose monitor meets the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards for accuracy to gain device approval, the meter or test strips used in the meter may not perform as well as expected in the real world. And, those errors can have potentially life-threatening consequences.
Bones should be jarred, for their own good. Past experiments have definitively established that subjecting bones to abrupt stress prompts them to add mass or at least reduces their loss of mass as people age. What has been in dispute, however, is how much force is needed to stimulate bone — and how to apply […]
When flying with an insulin pump, you should always disconnect it during takeoff and landing. This isn’t a US FAA recommendation; this isn’t about turning off your electronic devices. And this certainly isn’t because your diabetes management makes Miss Manners uncomfortable in flight. It’s physics.
In addition, users of the Omnipod Insulin Management System are being asked to stop using the monitor built into the Personal Diabetes Manager until Abbott can replace the Freestyle glucose test strips with new ones that will work with that meter.
The investigational type 2 diabetes drug empagliflozin won’t win the FDA’s approval until “previously observed deficiencies” at a manufacturing plant are fixed, the drug’s sponsors said last week.
The pre-filled, single-use pen injector eliminates the need for patients to transfer the medication between a vial and a syringe. It contains the same formulation and dose as the original Bydureon single-dose tray, providing the same continuous release of exenatide.
The American College of Sports Medicine reported through social media outlets about five of the best exercises you can ever do. The online report stated that no matter your age or fitness level, these five activities can help you get in shape and lower your risk for disease: swimming, tai chi, strength training, walking, and […]
More than half of people who have type 1 diabetes or have a family member or close friend with the disease expect a cure to be found in the next 10 years, according to a semi-annual survey conducted by the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance.
The idea of using a “port” to reduce pinpricks is not new, and it has a good lab track record. Research done in 2008 has shown that port therapy is just as effective in transmitting insulin into the body as traditional insulin injections.
Are big swings in blood glucose a condition or the result of improper treatment? Attempts to define brittle diabetes, or even verify its existence, have perhaps fallen short. Some experts still believe in brittle diabetes as a distinct condition, while others conclude it’s no more than a myth.
Eating a high-protein diet in middle age could increase your risk of diabetes and cancer, according to a study published this week in the journal Cell Metabolism. But don’t stay away from meat for too long – the same study showed those over 65 need more protein to reduce their mortality risk.