The NIH has just released a press release about diabetes, New Survey Results Show Huge Burden of Diabetes. (The survey itself is published in Diabetes Care, A full accounting of diabetes and prediabetes in the U.S. population, 1988-1994 and 2005-2006. It included 7,267 people, who represented a national sample of persons age 12 years and... Read more
The Annals of Internal Medicine has just published a review of surgical interventions to treat type 2 diabetes, "Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." The authors reviewed published English-language studies where 10 or more diabetic patients had been enrolled, and where diabetes-related outcomes were reported. Ten such studies... Read more
I received the following e-mail, and thought the subject one that might resonate with some of our readers: should you discuss with your present physician that you want to see a more knowledgeable specialist.
"I have a very good GP. He is also a pain specialist which helps me with my severe back and sciatic pain. He is a... Read more
The latest issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine includes recommendations for immunizations for adults in the United States. The article can be found at Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule: United States, 2009. It has lots of details about each of the recommended shots, such as when to get boosters, and situations where the shots... Read more
As a physician who has worked in the fields of drug safety and clinical trials for many years, and who has diabetes myself, I was bemused by an e-mail I just received about a petition that's on the Internet. The e-mail states in part:
"A growing group of patient advocates, doctors, diabetes educators and other community leaders have banned... Read more
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