Diabetes

Using surgery to promote weight loss and improve health is associated with improve mortality. This study sought information on whether survival benefits extended to patients at higher ages.

The study, while small, suggests a scalable solution that would allow payers address diabetes prevention and health disparities.

Innovation has remained high on the administration’s agenda, as is evident from the allocations to tackle climate changes as well as find treatments for devastating health conditions.

Mexico is the perfect example of how Coke and Pepsi are investing heavily in the next generation of soda drinkers, and the country has the highest rates of obesity in the world.

It is common for persons with mental illness to suffer comorbid conditions.

The authors note that not only are insulin costs making type 1 diabetes deadly in the poorest nations; high costs are the leading reason for diabetic ketoacidosis in the inner cities in the United States.

The top stories in managed care this week included increased insurer concerns over the sustainability of the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges, healthy policy experts convened in DC, and 2 warnings for women to heed regarding pregnancy.

The findings are troubling in light of other recent findings that connect obesity during pregnancy with autism.

Another study that suggests sitting is "the new smoking."

Coordinating mental health and treatment of chronic disease has gained traction since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Medication adherence among patients with chronic conditions is estimated to cost $100 billion in North America.

Study finds a link between maternal obesity and diabetes and a significant increase in the risk of autism spectrum disorder in children.

The FDA has created the Drug Trial Snapshot, which provides details on the demographic profiles of participants in clinical trials of approved drugs.

The announcement said the collaborative seeks to raise the standards of care, address poor health statistics and find savings.

The report comes in a year of increased attention to the global obesity and diabetes crisis.

The mission is to eliminate daily insulin injections as well as complications for persons with type 1 diabetes.

With all the complexity in healthcare, it can be easy to lose track of what is important, which is helping the patient. However, Patient-Centered Diabetes Care brings the patient back into focus, David Brumley, MD, senior medical director at Tufts Health Plan, said after the 2015 meeting in Boston.

The update calls on primary care practices and health plans to have places to send those patients who screen positive for depression.

A systematic review of the impact and rationale for the selection of adjustment factors (case-mix factors) used to describe performance in diabetes care.

Researchers found that physicians often seized the "opportunity" to start dialysis if patients were in the hospital for other illnesses.

Top managed care stories this week included UnitedHealth reporting larger-than-expected losses on Affordable Care Act health plans, new guidelines from the government that will improve patient access to medical records, and new information that can reduce risk of diabetes.

The profile of high-cost patients in a Massachusetts ACO differed greatly, depending on their enrollment in Medicare, Medicaid, or a commercial plan.

The program seeks to reach an estimated 86 million Americans who have prediabetes, almost all whom don't know they have it.

A pocket veto ends hopes of Medicaid coverage for the Diabetes Prevention Program, MannKind partners with a pain medication manufacturer, and Governor Terry Branstad finds more Medicaid managed care woes.

More that a year after Congress first delayed upcoming rules on salt and whole grains, a new agreement takes the rougher edges off the school lunch program while preserving current limits on sodium. But it opens the door for a lobbying frenzy at USDA on "a la carte" foods.

The University of Colorado study adds to the growing concern that sleep deprivation is connected to rising rates of diabetes and obesity.

Black patients tend to have higher rates of hyperglycemia and diabetes compared with white patients. However, the factors that contribute to such racial disparities in the hospital in diabetes-related conditions are still not clear.

Two new studies highlight different approaches to cut sugar intake through soda for children and adults in an attempt to reduce overweight and obesity.

Warning labels on soda might have less consumer resistance than taxes or portion limits, the study found.

All this week, the healthcare industry, especially analysts and investors, focused their attention on presentations by CEOs and CFOs at the 34th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.