US Scientists have developed a simple scoring system (DiaRem), based on four readily available preoperative patient characteristics, that can predict which candidates for gastric bypass surgery are likely to achieve diabetes remission within 5 years.
Consumption of cinnamon is associated with a statistically significant decrease in levels of fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride, and an increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
“Brittle diabetes” does not refer to everyday ups and downs, but rather to a rare but real condition in which the PWD has volatile blood sugar swings that are nearly impossible to control.
The good news: The Diabetes Technology Society pitched a plan that, if established, would create a post-market quality surveillance program for the meters and strips already on the market and being sold to patients
he DiMelli (Diabetes Mellitus Incidence Cohort Registry) study examines the frequency and characteristics of diabetes phenotypes in children and young adults below the age of 20. The study was commissioned to investigate the increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus, particularly in childhood and early adulthood.
A growing body of evidence suggests that the cognitive health of millions with the disease is as much at risk as are other body systems from the effects of out-of-control blood sugar.
Studies show that sleep problems contribute to Type 2 diabetes. But diabetes seems to increase pain sensitivity, and pain makes it harder to sleep. What a vicious cycle! What is the pain/sleep/diabetes connection, and what can we do about it?
On July 1, Medicare established the Medicare National Mail-Order program, which drastically decreased the price of blood glucose testing supplies for people on Medicare, but requires people to get their supplies, including blood glucose trips, lancets, lancet devices, batteries and control solution, from a selection of 18 designated suppliers.
Recently a family friend said to me, “Weight loss is so confusing, I just feel like giving up!” Unfortunately I hear that a lot, and I totally get it. The truth is, while some of what you hear is based on new research, many weight loss trends are just that–trends designed to generate buzz, sell […]
Researchers from Germany have found that respiratory infections in early life are linked to islet autoimmunity, implicating them as a potential risk factor in the development of Type 1 diabetes.
Hospital staff failed to properly monitor the blood sugar levels of a diabetic woman who later died after going into a coma, an inquest heard.
Novo Nordisk just announced that the FDA has cleared its NovoPen Echo insulin injection device, the only one available in the U.S. that’s able to deliver half-unit doses of insulin.
More than half (56%) of these deaths occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, “These findings are really striking because we are talking about hundreds of thousands of deaths that don’t have to happen,” Frieden said during […]
Results from the study were mixed. On one hand, the hypothesis was proved true for patients who were either lean or had type 1 diabetes. But on the other, patients who were obese but otherwise healthy didn’t see any effects.
An international study has shown that short-term blood sugar control in patients with diabetes has a limited effect on their risk of cardiovascular problems, such as heart disease and stroke.
Providing families with diabetic children access via pager to a transport team improves outcomes and efficiency, according to a recent study performed at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
People with a family history of Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of developing prediabetes, according to a new analysis from the German Center for Diabetes Research. Approximately 79 million people in the United States currently have prediabetes.
Google Ventures has just invested more than $10 million along with InCube Labs and VentureHealth in a series B round for Rani Therapeutics, a San Jose, California-based early stage start-up developing novel approaches for oral delivery of typically injected drugs like insulin and TNF alpha-inhibitors.
Among the most commonly held misconceptions about obesity, perhaps none does more harm than the notion that exercise is responsible for the lion’s share of weight management. Sure, it’s true that exercise does burn calories, and yes, if you burn more calories you ought to lose weight. But unfortunately, it’s just not that simple
In a prospective analysis, albuminuria was linked to declines in information processing speed, but not to worsening verbal memory or executive function, according to Joshua Barzilay, MD, of Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, in Duluth, and colleagues.