September 18th 2024
The FDA has approved the Eversense 365, the world’s first 1-year continuous glucose monitor, with US availability expected in late 2024.
Face-to-Face by Videoconference: Improving Diabetes Care
July 23rd 2015Columbia University's Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) project, a 4-year Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-sponsored demonstration project, showed that a telemedicine intervention can improve glycemic, lipid, and blood pressure control.
New Evidence Added to Strong Connection Between Depression and Diabetes Outcomes
A study evaluating glycemic response following insulin initiation for type 2 diabetes mellitus found that patients with higher depression parameters or distress at baseline had significantly higher rates of microvascular complications at baseline and higher HbA1c levels.
Diabetes Status Linked to Thromboembolism Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Study shows that diabetes duration (ie, how long they've had the disease) is linked with an increased risk of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, but not with an increased risk of anticoagulation-related bleeding.
Exercise is Good and Media Coverage of Exercise is Bad
July 13th 2015The reaction to an editorial claiming that exercise alone will not help patients lose weight is illustrative of the biases held by certain groups and underscores the need for greater education and awareness of the science of weight loss for patients and clinicians.
Diabetes Risk is Reduced by Egg Consumption
July 13th 2015A recent study out of Finland found that men who ate chicken eggs on a regular basis had a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Like a number of other recent studies this article stands in contrast to what was once the conventional wisdom: that eating foods high in cholesterol would increase your risk of heart disease and its risk factors.
Surgery and Lifestyle Changes Present Most Benefit for Diabetes Patients
The benefits of weight loss for patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery have been well established, but now researchers are focusing their attention on the procedure's benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Pharmacogenomics Takes Big Step Forward with Diabetes Research
The practice of individualized medicine took another step forward recently when researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that a patient's genetic variations can determine how they respond to anti-diabetic drugs.
Testosterone Replacement Therapy Linked to Reducing Blood Sugar Levels?
Data from two observational registries indicated that long-term testosterone replacement therapy in diabetic men was associated not only with better sexual function and weight loss, but also significant reductions in blood sugar.
Researchers Look to Stem Cells for Diabetic Blindness Treatment
Patients with diabetes face a variety of health challenges as a result of their condition, including diabetic blindness. A team of researchers at the University of Virginia is working with stem cells to try and prevent loss of vision in these patients due to diabetic retinopathy.