Several recent developments indicate that the push to expand pharmacists’ responsibilities and ability to deliver primary healthcare is winning friends and influencing people.
A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece.
The study found that people who ate breakfast at least four days a week had “a significantly lower risk” of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and other metabolic conditions than the abstainers.
How do you know when something is legitimate? Let’s first remember that the diet industry is a multi-million dollar business and that any disease group can be targeted for profit.
What’s it like working professionally in diabetes and also living with it? When exactly did I become a type 1? Wil examines the emotional and psychological aspects of living AND working with diabetes
Let’s tackle the question of the bedtime snack: If you have diabetes and have ever been hospitalized, you are probably familiar with the often unrequested delivery of the ubiquitous bedtime snack.
Boston Children’s Hospital could be on the verge of curing type 1 diabetes. Seriously. This huge news, which was announced today on their blog, could affect the 215,000 people in the U.S. younger than 20 who have diabetes (type 1 or type 2).
The use of glyburide to treat gestational diabetes has become more frequent. Tempe A et al. conducted a prospective comparative study assessing the efficacy of glyburide to insulin in the treatment of gestational diabetes.
What frequency of self monitoring of blood glucose is considered necessary for the most favorable glycemic control?
A diet rich in unsaturated fat may increase insulin sensitivity in individuals who are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
If you don’t exercise, are seriously overweight, or have a host of family members with diabetes, the odds that you, too, will develop the disease become increasingly likely. But diabetes is a complicated disease, and researchers continue to discover evidence that the risk factors are more varied and complex than once thought.
A recent study by Dr. Zhen Gu, is part of a growing area of research that seeks to eliminate this balancing act by developing a glucose responsive insulin (GRI). Dr. Gu’s study specifically tested a nanoparticle-based GRI that is injected into the body and releases insulin in response to blood-glucose fluctuations.
A study of older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) suggests a bidirectional association between hypoglycemic (low blood glucose) events and dementia, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
Scientists have found a way to make insulin-producing cells multiply in the laboratory. This may allow clinicians to treat more patients who have type 1 diabetes with transplants of the cells
Because high blood sugar can cause a host of problems, people with diabetes are especially at risk for problems including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts
Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders and cognitive function, among others.
A major ingredient in those green coffee bean dietary supplements — often touted as “miracle” weight-loss products — doesn’t prevent weight gain in obese laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet when given at higher doses.
The TEDDY study, following nearly 9,000 at-risk children from birth to age 15, is enabling scientists to parse which genetic mutations correlate with progression or lack of progression to type 1 diabetes.
A few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter’s day, but they could also help obese people better control inflammation-related diseases, such as diabetes, according to Penn State researchers.
Starting next month Medicare patients with diabetes who receive their diabetes testing supplies via mail order may or may not notice any changes, but after negotiating prices down, CMS is set to start paying the mail order diabetes supply companies about 20 cents per strip beginning July 1.