Type 2 Diabetes

App will help patients with diabetes log their hypoglycemic events and achieve better control of these events by becoming more aware of preceding signs and symptoms.

Provocative research raises the question of whether we should we look at Alzheimer's disease as "type 3 diabetes."

Presentation at CMHC 2014 provides updates on emerging classes of diabetes treatment, including preliminary data from current clinical trials.

The sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are the newest diabetes drugs available. Have you got the basic concepts under your belt? Try these 6 questions and find out.

Recent studies of targeted anti-inflammatory therapy show promise for helping patients with high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels.

Advances in treatment could provide much needed help for patients with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension

Patients diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy may be able to get a sense of how their condition has progressed without having to leave the comfort of their own home.

Prompted by almost-epidemic rates of diabetes in the United States and globally, the American Diabetes Association recently convened a consensus panel to examine diabetic kidney disease, one of the most frequent complications associated with diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes occurs at roughly the same prevalence in men and women. Despite the similar prevalence in the sexes, women who develop diabetes feel the effect of its complications disproportionately.

Research presented at the European League Against Rheumatism's Annual Meeting indicates comorbid diabetes may be linked to increased osteoarthritis pain.

Calculation and interpretation of the anion gap is extremely useful in the evaluation and treatment of the patient with metabolic acidosis. In this installment, we look at case examples involving patients with multiple sclerosis and urosepsis; COPD, diabetes, and renal failure; and type 1 diabetes.

Immune system proteins play a role in regulating the number of neural synapses, a research team from Princeton University and the University of California-San Diego report. The finding could mean that one of these proteins-known as major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) could play a significant role in Alzheimer's disease, type II diabetes and autism.

The sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have many advantages eg, modest A1c reduction and low hypoglycemia risk. But careful patient selection is critical.

Optimizing the use of insulin for treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes is an ongoing research endeavor. Here, several recent developments you should know about.

A woman with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presented with widespread “yellow bumps" of sudden onset. What's your diagnosis?

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released a draft version of screening recommendations for abnormal glucose and type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults who are at increased risk for diabetes, and is seeking public input on the suggestions.

Researchers compared outcomes from bariatric surgery with those achieved through medical weight management in patients with diabetes to determine the effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with BMI less than 35. They also evaluated a potential biomarker for identifying patients likely to experience the best surgical outcomes.

This is the first in a series of studies to determine whether the longer, flatter action profile of U300 insulin glargine (vs U100 glargine) will result in less hypoglycemia, and especially nocturnal events.

For nondiabetic women, menopause is an extended biological and physiological purgatory. For those with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it's worse.

A recent study identifies a sweet spot for use of premixed biphasic insulin 50/50 in routine clinical practice.

Faulty brain satiety centers and impaired gut hormone function are risk factors for weight gain in patients with type 2 diabetes. A recent study suggests one simple antidote: Slow down.

A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge recently announced findings from a study that showed there is likely no link between a person's vitamin D levels and their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Research from Denmark finds that people with diabetes are nearly twice as likely as non-diabetic people to develop atrial fibrillation.

For individuals without diabetes, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels not only predicted the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD), but also anticipated its severity, according to research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

You just diagnosed Mrs Bates as having metabolic syndrome. The unusual fatigue and nocturia she describes make you wonder about another potential diagnosis. How would you proceed?

Mrs Bates is 65-years old and sees you for her annual physical examination. She is in general good health and takes only atorvastatin. Her BMI is not ideal, though, and she has some new complaints.

Resistant hypertension is common among patients with type 2 diabetes, and is strongly associated with microvascular disease.

Looking at the growing problem of childhood obesity it is easy to show the importance of exercise in preventing the younger generations from risking their health through a sedentary lifestyle. Researchers recently published study result showing that not only is exercise important, but also that the type of exercise also matters in the final result.

Allergan's Ozurdex (dexamethasone intravitreal implant) 0.7 mg is now approved for use in the general diabetic macular edema patient population.

Study results show that treatment with a proton pump inhibitor does not reduce the effectiveness of metformin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes.