Hiva Kolodrubetz, NP, provides an engaging and detailed session on anti-diabetic medications, focusing on safe prescribing and effective management strategies. Highlighting pharmacological mechanisms, A1C goals, and patient-centered care,…
Associate Professor Mike Todorovic, AKA “Dr. Mike”, introduces the endocrine system, explaining how hormones act as chemical messengers released into the bloodstream by cells, tissues, and glands. He…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children with type 1 diabetes being treated with an insulin pump, lowering the basal insulin rate after exercise reduces the occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children and very lean adults who use a 5 mm insulin needle, angling the injection into a pinched skin fold reduces pain…
Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of the Journal of Diabetes and a Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, provides a critical analysis of the recent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes who have fairly high cholesterol levels despite simvastatin treatment do better with the addition of ezetimibe, Italian investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing obesity-related cancer such as breast cancer or prostate cancer is apparently not curtailed in patients who undergo bariatric surgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Independent of the usual markers of glycemic control, the amplitude of daily glucose excursions is associated with cognitive function in elderly patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with metabolic syndrome and mixed dyslipidemia, treatment with fenofibric acid in combination with a statin reduces the prevalence of metabolic syndrome…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly men with limitations in mobility who are treated with testosterone to improve strength appear to be at increased risk of cardiovascular-related adverse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two reports today in two separate journals — a meta-analysis and a large retrospective study — provide more evidence linking the thiazolidinedione rosiglitazone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The notable accumulation of visceral fat that occurs in some patients with HIV who are on antiretroviral drugs can be reduced substantially by…
