Trying to lose weight — whether it’s to boost heart health, keep sleep apnea at bay or have more energy — has unique challenges in our super-sized society. That doesn’t mean shedding pounds is impossible.
Oramed has submitted a protocol to the FDA to initiate a Phase 2a trial of its orally ingestible insulin capsule, ORMD 0801, for type 1 diabetes. The double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled, seven-day study design will be carried out at an inpatient setting on twenty-four type 1 diabetic patients
If you were to describe The Perfect Food, it might go something like this: healthful, delicious, bigger than a morsel and filling enough to fight hunger for hours. “Foods that promote satiety” — a feeling of lasting fullness — “do exist,” insists Dr. David Katz, founder of the Yale University Prevention Research Center.
Statins are safe, well-studied drugs. But even they can sometimes have risks. Many people have used statins for a long time with absolutely no side effects. Lovastatin (Mevacor®) was the first statin approved more than 25 years ago.
Researchers found that the majority of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes didn’t get the disease until they’d been overweight or obese for a number of years. What’s more, participants who maintained stable levels of overweight and eventually developed type 2 diabetes didn’t have a significant rise in their level of insulin resistance.
If you use an insulin pump, every now and then you may experience the unfortunate event of watching it send you the message, “No Delivery.” You’re no longer receiving insulin from your pump.
Some experts like Jenny Ruhl at Blood Sugar 101 say that even whole soy can hurt you. “Too much soy is the last thing anyone with diabetes needs to do to themselves.” Is this true?
In a safety alert published by the FDA on February 11th, the administration says it has requested clinical trial data from the maker of saxagliptin to investigate the possible association between use of the drug and heart failure.
Yoga increases flexibility and reduces stress, but the practice can do more than help you twist your body into pretzel shapes and find inner peace. These hidden benefits will help you in the kitchen, office and bedroom — and will give you five new reasons to show off your yoga skills
Who wants to face a complicated nine-step mixing process when your PWD loved one is passed out on the floor?! Thankfully, the race is on to develop the next generation of rescue glucagon to replace the powder + syringe mixes housed in those red and orange plastic cases made by Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
People with diabetes of any type have experienced a very simple but meaningful truth about the disease: Blood sugar levels affect everything. It’s not just about lows and possible complications, either–those numbers can affect your mood and overall health.
A recent study provided scientific data to back up that hunch. A team of researchers measured the body mass index of 6,157 people, aged 50 or older in 2006 and again in 2010. They also asked each participant, whether overweight or not, whether they had experienced discrimination based on weight.
According to a recent American Diabetes Association analysis of diabetes health data, 52.5% of Hispanic women and 45.4% of Hispanic men will have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in their lifetimes.
You might be thinking that you know what to do: keeping your blood glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in range; managing your weight; eating healthy; getting regular exercise; not smoking. Yes, these things are all important but there’s more you can do.
What if you could lose weight, improve your memory, and boost your heart health just by lying around? You can! Sort of. Science is revealing that sleep is critical for every system in your body.
A recent article written for the Joslin Diabetes Blog focuses on ways to circumvent the challenges associated with the addition of meal-time bolus insulin regimens. They point out that most patients starting the addition of bolus insulin begin with all three meal-time additions at once which can be overwhelming
If you consider yourself a healthy eater, you’ve probably come to rely on a few nutritious standbys, like lean protein, steamed veggies and whole grains. But how many times a week can you have grilled chicken, steamed broccoli and brown rice for dinner before you’re banging you head against the wall?
If more insulin isn’t the answer to better control, what might be? Some researchers believe it might be dapagliflozin, a new drug that can prevent glucose reabsorption into the kidneys, lower A1c and reduce insulin doses simultaneously, according to a recently completed pilot Phase IIa trial.
DNA data was brought together from more than 48,000 patients and 139,000 healthy controls from four different ethnic groups. The research was conducted by an international consortium of investigators from 20 countries on four continents, co-led by investigators from Oxford University’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics.
You may be killing it at work, but is work killing you? Incorporate these three simple changes into your regular schedule to feel healthy, be happy and still maintain your rock-star status at the office.