Type 2 Diabetes

An endocrinologist uses an educational non-profit to inspire patients and other individuals with diabetes to apply knowledge to live healthier lives.

Although bariatric surgery is currently the most effective treatment against obesity, only 1-2% of qualified patients are able to undergo this procedure due to limited access, patient choice, associated risks, and expensive costs.

The hormonal changes of adolescence can wreak havoc on glucose control, but what else can affect disease management in teens?

A nutritionist's odd diet may call into question much of what your patients are often told about the need to consume “healthy†foods to affect certain markers of health, such as body mass index and levels of “good†and “bad†cholesterol levels.

Our Jan. list of top news & research includes promising results on a sugar tax and the effects of mental health on diabetes and obesity.

Ideally, patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or obesity would take steps to address lifestyle factors. Often, their treatment teams are disappointed when these patients fail either to improve their diets or make healthy changes.

Muslims engage in an obligatory, month-long, sunrise-to-sunset fast once a year during Ramadan. In 2005, the American Diabetes Association developed recommendations for managing diabetes during Ramadan. They updated the recommendations in 2010, and this document has become one of their more popular publications.

When patients who are socioeconomically deprived develop diabetes, the course of their illness is usually more complicated than that of patients who have better resources. Many of these patients have high levels of mental illness, multiple comorbidities, and unmet needs.

Physical activity is considered a key strategy for the prevention of type 2 diabetes, but how much is needed and what is its effect?

Processed, industrial foods are associated with an increased risk of development of autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

As the age of type 2 diabetes onset decreases, the need for primary prevention of CV complications increases – as illustrated in a recent study.

Using aripiprazole, commonly known as Abilify, in combination with older patients’ existing anti-depression treatment reduced depressive symptoms

Scientists have successfully transformed human skin cells to functional insulin-producing pancreatic cells.

Acne may be a sign of pre-diabetes, a study of young men with skin problems suggests.

Gut microbial makeup could be at fault for obesity and diabetes because of the liver’s fat processing methods, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.

A clinical trial looks at the effects of a GLP-1 receptor agonist in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients with moderate renal impairment.

Certain factors may help determine which adolescents will receive the most weight loss benefits from GLP-1 receptor agonists.

The end of the year brought many new FDA developments, including approval of a long-acting insulin and updated warnings for SGLT2 inhibitors.

Researchers will examine the effectiveness of educational efforts designed to prevent at-risk patients with type 1 diabetes from developing Celiac disease.

In the medical community there are many questions about the benefits of patients on a daily aspirin regimen and who should be considered for this treatment option. While these questions apply mainly to standard aspirin treatments currently available there is work being done to move the field in a new direction.

Although information on the safety and efficacy of CAM is a murky area full of conflicting, inconclusive evidence, certain types of CAM do hold promise, and may deserve consideration.

The rise of type 1 diabetes rates corresponds with the widespread practice of childhood vaccinations in developed countries – coincidence or not?

Can a new algorithm, using parameters such as life expectancy and cognitive function, determine individualized glycemic goals for T2DM patients?

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved the Fenix Continence Restoration System for the treatment of fecal incontinence for patients who have tried and failed other medical and surgical options.

Study results suggest that antihyperglycemic agents are too often inappropriately discontinued after hospitalization for type 2 diabetes mellitus, possibly to the detriment of patients.

According to findings published in Cell Stem Cell, the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in type 1 diabetes has been discovered.

Our Dec. list of top news includes surprising statistics on diabetes prevalence from the CDC and a possible immunotherapy for T1DM.

Note to insurance companies – Patients deserve complete care and endocrinologists deserve to be compensated for such.

Differences in four GLP-1 receptor agonists are noted, such as reductions in HbA1c, but are better studies needed to get a meaningful comparison?

American and Chinese type 2 diabetes populations are at similar risk for memory impairment and dementia, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.