If you’ve had a kidney stone and want to spare yourself the agony of a repeat episode, here’s some simple advice: Drink more water. In a guideline published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians recommends increasing fluid intake and spreading throughout the day.
The device, created by Dr. Isaac Lipshitz, CEO of OptoLight Vision Technology in Israel, restores vision lost through end-stage age-related macular degeneration. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised its criteria regarding which patients can use this treatment
Eating healthy does not have to be difficult. In fact, if you develop a routine of adopting positive healthy practices, which you engage in regularly, eating healthfully can become second nature. Consider brushing your teeth. Most of us regularly brush our teeth so the practice has become easy to sustain on a regular basis.
Currently approved dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors include alogliptin, linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin and vildagliptin. DPP-4 inhibitors work by enhancing glucose dependent insulin secretion and reducing glucagon release.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a once-daily combination of dapagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release (Xigduo XR, AstraZeneca) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes.
Just before we hit November, the big National Diabetes Awareness Month, it’s worth taking a moment to look back on what this past month has brought us from the Diabetes Online Community Halloween Roundup Icon(DOC). There’s been a whole lot of action in October, and despite today’s Halloween theme, the posts we’ve seen have served […]
Many will turn back the hands of time as part of the twice-annual ritual of daylight saving time. That means remembering to change the alarm clock next to the bed, which means an extra hour of sleep before getting up in the morning. But for some diabetics who use insulin pumps, researchers suggest that remembering […]
Regular consumption of a healthy breakfast may help children lower their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in this week’s PLOS Medicine. The study, conducted by Angela Donin of St. George’s University of London and colleagues, found an association between children who reported skipping breakfast most days and higher levels […]
People with type 2 diabetes who take metformin as their first line of defense are less likely to need other medications for blood sugar later on, report researchers from Harvard Medical School.
When I hear someone say “complex carbs,” the first images that come to mind are pizza and pasta — and the inevitable post-meal glucose spike and lingering high blood sugars that follow. But a biomedical pharma company in New Hampshire is working on a fix for this — a chewable tablet that looks similar to […]
Afrezza is an ultra-rapid-acting powder designed to be taken before a meal. It is designed for adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, but it is not yet approved for kids. It’s important to understand that Afrezza is not a stand-alone drug. This novel delivery system was created to control post-meal blood sugar spikes, […]
The research team said their results should be interpreted cautiously because mice are nocturnal animals, covered in fur, which are not usually exposed to much sunlight.
The Consensus Conference on Glucose Monitoring took place in Washington D.C. to discuss quality and safety of glucose monitoring. Discussion topics included the need for greater post-market surveillance, the DTS Surveillance Program, the FDA, and two CGM Medicare bills currently in Congress.
Hypoglycemia related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) doesn’t appear to impact brain pathology, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in Diabetes Care.
Most of the guidelines suggest that patients should lose weight gradually as opposed to rapidly losing weight, indicating that patients who had rapid weight loss are more likely to regain the weight. This study looked at effect of the rate of weight loss on the rate of weight regain in obese patients.
A 2013 research review published in the Diabetes and Metabolism Journal outlined the potential benefits of tea when it comes to diabetes as well as obesity, which is a risk factor for diabetes. It highlighted a Japanese study that found that people who drank 6 or more cups of green tea a day were 33 […]
Researchers are using electrical stimulation to relieve the pain the condition can cause. If such a treatment method proves successful, it might offer welcome relief and better health outcomes for people with diabetes. One of the first devices to hit the market is Sensus, by NeuroMetrix. Available by prescription, it relies on external electrical stimulation […]
Note that there was a ton of hoopla about this product when it came out last Fall, because the mainstream media jumped all over it as “the first-ever artificial pancreas,” which it is not. But it is a step in the right direction, as it pairs the functions of an insulin pump and CGM and […]
A study published today in the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes suggests that children who fall ill with an enterovirus infection are almost 50 percent more likely to be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes later in life. The finding is based on an analysis of the medical records of more […]
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found the association to be especially strong in middle-aged men. Part of the problem may be rooted in the idea that testosterone therapy has been linked to cardiovascular risk factors.