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) – Intensive insulin therapy, targeting a blood glucose level of 130 mg/dL, may improve the likelihood of survival for severely burned children, according to…
These days, everyone is pressed for time, and both doctors and their patients are finding it more and more difficult to eat well. The Pro-Bites line of healthy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older patients with normal lipids but high C-reactive protein, primary prevention therapy with rosuvastatin (Crestor) does not lower mortality, but it does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In nondiabetics, high glucose levels signal an increased risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury during coronary angiography, new research suggests. “Although diabetes is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most women with gestational diabetes do not require insulin while they’re giving birth, Spanish researchers report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with dutasteride reduces incident prostate cancers in men with high prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a report in The New…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sequential screening for type 2 diabetes is cost effective when started between the ages of 30 and 45 years and repeated every 3…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Once-a-week treatment with long-acting exenatide (Byetta) produces sustained glycemic control and weight loss in diabetics, a multicenter trial has shown. “This study confirms…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In diabetics with heart failure, use of metformin is associated with a lower risk of mortality than use of other anti-diabetic agents, even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young children with type 1 diabetes, early treatment with an insulin pump — preferably starting at diagnosis — improves metabolic control, new…
