Category Archives: Diabetes Learning Center

JULY NEWSFEED

Diabetic Sight Loss Cut by Screening, Research Shows The proportion of diabetics who go blind or suffer sight loss has almost halved since a new national retinopathy screening programm started in 2007. Read the full story here: BBC News Abbott and Bigfoot Biomedical Announce Collaboration to Develop Breakthrough Diabetes Technologies Abbott and Bigfoot Biomedical today […]

JUNE NEWSFEED

Hyperbaric Wound Treatment, Often for Treating Diabetes, Is booming. Is That A Good Thing? The American Diabetes Association does not recommend the treatment. After an ADA committee of experts in diabetes care reviewed the available research last year, it concluded there was “not enough supporting data on the efficacy of this treatment to recommend its […]

MAY NEWSFEED

How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes Scientists at Boston University’s Center for Information and Systems Engineering are trying to bring the power of machine- learning to help cut costly and unnecessary hospitalizations while improving outcomes for patients. They believe they could predict hospitalizations due to these two chronic diseases about […]

MARCH NEWSFEED

Antidepressants, Seizure Meds OK for Diabetic Neuropathy Pain According to a systematic review, published in the Neurology journal, it was shown that the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) duloxetine and venlafaxine were more effective at reducing DPN pain compared with placebo, based on moderately strong evidence. Read the full story here: Neurology Study Suggests New Way to […]

DECEMBER NEWSFEED

Harvard scientist retracts breakthrough diabetes study A Harvard University stem cell scientist Douglas Melton and his team of researchers published an article about a hormone found in the liver that could help increase insulin production. The findings of the article was claimed to offer groundbreaking treatments in diabetes. However, the researchers retracted their finding soon after […]

WHAT IS A1C? TIM MCGRAW’S ASKING YOU…

This morning while sipping on my morning coffee scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I came across a video by the American Diabetic Association that featured one of my favorite singers Tim McGraw. Tim is currently working with the ADA on a new diabetes awareness program called “America’s Diabetes Challenge.” In this video Tim presented a simple question about […]

WHY USE A PET-SPECIFIC GLUCOSE METER?

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Effective glucose monitoring is the key to proper management of diabetes in cats and dogs. Although glucose levels in diabetic cats and dogs can be measured using the same techniques used in humans, the meter used for measuring their blood glucose levels would have to be the one that is specifically made for cats and dogs. […]

5 THINGS TO DO TO TRAVEL SAFELY WITH DIABETES DURING THE HOLIDAYS

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Diabetes management can be a daunting task, and traveling with diabetes can be quite challenging if you’re not prepared especially during the holiday season. But that does not mean you cannot travel. With a little bit of preparation and planning, traveling with diabetes during the holidays can be as safe and enjoyable as any holiday events. Here […]

NOVEMBER NEWSFEED

Eye injection can help restore vision loss resulting from diabetes According to Miami Herald, for diabetic patient who were diagnosed early with diabetic retinopathy intravitreal  injection can be effective. In this procedure medicine is injected in patient’s eye, near the retina, which counteracts the damage to the blood vessels. Reference: Miami Herald Researchers use math […]

SEPTEMBER DIABETES NEWSFEED

Healthcare providers prescribe diabetes treatment medications 15 times more than obesity drugs  A new study shows the number of dispensed anti-diabetes prescriptions was 15 times the number of dispensed anti-obesity prescriptions. The antiobesity market share was: 74.0% phentermine, 18.6% new anti-obesity pharmacotherapies. Journal Reference: 24 (9): 1955 DOI: 10.1002/oby.21533 Diabetes linked to memory decline in older […]