I've written previously about bariatric surgery (stomach surgery for obese people) for people with diabetes (PWD). Now there's a new twist: a recent news report indicates that Medicare has apparently approved reimbursement for morbidly obese Medicare beneficiaries who have type 2 diabetes.
But there are caveats:
First, the patient must have... Read more
I just read a fascinating -- but very sad -- letter to the editor, published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, titled An Unusual Outbreak of Hypoglycemia.
It seems that early last year, 150 nondiabetic patients were admitted to hospitals in Singapore in less than five months with severe hypoglycemia. For folks with... Read more
The "off-label use" of medications is common. I'll define off-label use as a recommendation by a physician to their patient to use a prescription medication to treat a medical condition that hasn't been approved for that medication by the FDA or other Health Authority. As most folks know, regulators review studies on a medication that are... Read more
I just read an OMG news story. That is to say, my initial reaction was "oh, my g-d, that's scary!" In the story, the writer indicates that "people who are diagnosed with diabetes before age 65 have more than double the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease." After reading the abstract of the study that was being discussed, however, my initial... Read more
Once upon a time, groundhog day was simply an opportunity for weathermen to compare their computer calculations of the severity of the rest of winter against the vision of a groundhog named Phil living in the isolated hamlet of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (See the Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club for excruciatingly-detailed... Read more
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