Diabetes
Commentary
Human frailty is a cash cow
Humans are frail and easily taken advantage of by the brilliant and highly motivated strategic planning and execution of Big Agriculture, Big Food...
News
Type 1 diabetes management improves as technology advances
Automated insulin delivery systems have reduced A1c levels, but many still are not achieving numbers under 7%.
News
Artificial sweeteners no help for weight loss: Review
An updated review of the leading scientific evidence on artificial sweeteners suggests that far from positively affecting our health, they have “...
News
Dementia diagnosis a good time to reduce polypharmacy
Time of diagnosis can be a potential inflexion point for deprescribing long-term medications with safety risks, limited benefit, or possible...
News
Simple blood test may predict heart and kidney risk in T2D
“Three out of the four biomarkers are already clinically and commercially available,” while the fourth, for insulin-like growth factor binding...
News
Lower is better for blood glucose to reduce heart disease
“We uncovered compelling evidence that for blood sugar levels within the ‘normal’ range, it was a case of ‘the lower the better’ in protecting...
Opinion
American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated Beers Criteria highlights
The guidelines address safe prescribing of medications to older adults after review of 1,500 clinical trials and research studies.
Commentary
Morning vs. afternoon exercise debate: A false dichotomy
Just because it may or may not be “better” for your glucose to exercise in the morning vs. afternoon, if you have diabetes, it doesn’t mean you...
Commentary
First-line therapy in T2D: Has metformin been ‘dethroned’?
As is often the case in medicine, the answer depends on the individual patient and clinical situation.
News
‘Water fasting’ benefits don’t last
Five days of water fasting lowered weight by about 6%, but this weight was regained after 3 months of regular eating.