Diabetes

Despite a recommendation by the American Diabetes Association, many patients in the California public mental healthcare system who have severe mental illness and are taking antipsychotic medications were not being screened annually.

More details are revealed on the first diabetes drug shown to have a cardioprotective benefit, but Yale's Silvio Inzucchi was cautious about assuming the effect applies to the entire SGLT2 inhibitor class.

Studies that measure the effect of walkable communities in Canada and taking the train in Japan show that added steps to one's routine can have positive effects on heart health.

A study finds that a commonly prescribed therapy reduces activity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Eating out has consequences beyond your wallet, according to research from Harvard.

An obscure notice on CMS' website outlines a proposed revised formula that would take effect in 2017.

From CMS to private health plans, professional healthcare organizations to patients and advocacy groups, the discussion nowadays seems to end up with value.

ADA's theme for American Diabetes Month encourages healthier eating to promote better disease management and prevention.

A list that seeks both the causes and effects of obesity.

What we're reading, November 5, 2015: defensive medicine actually does reduce malpractice risk; patients would like more options for using digital technology with their healthcare; and Americans are eating healthier.

The deal is part of Sanofi's effort to recover ground in the diabetes market.

Approximately half of patients prescribed statins for lowering cholesterol discontinue use within the first year and the adherence rate only goes down from there.

Fifty organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, have expressed their confidence in Robert Califf, MD, to lead the FDA.

The study found that drugs to treat high cholesterol and diabetes were among those experiencing increased use between 1999-2000 and 2011-2012.

The new meta-analysis was sponsored by the American Diabetes Association and the National Institutes of Health.

Advocacy groups say it's long past time for Medicare to cover continuous glucose monitoring, which is standard of care and funded by most commercial payers.

The study found subtypes aligned by likelihood to be obese, to have cancer or heart disease, or to have mental illness.

A forum presented by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and The Atlantic casts the debate over a state-level population health plan against national healthcare cost trends.

Experiments with rats showed that specially engineered polymer patches attached to the intestine and delivered insulin.

Study finds a "lost opportunity" to reduce overtreatment and potential medication harm among patients with diabetes.

The ADA's Safe at School campaign seeks to highlight the need for personnel other than nurses to learn to help students with type 1 diabetes with insulin and glucagon. The population of students with type 1 is increasing.

While the age-standardized death rate for all causes of death combined, as well as heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes, have slowed from 1969 to 2013, the rate for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease actually increased.

What we're reading, October 27, 2015: a much-improved Healthcare.gov website, report says drug prices rose at a much slower rate in 2015, and USPSTF recommends glucose testing in asymptomatic adults who are overweight or obese.

Women who had risk factors for weight gain but were not overweight when they got pregnant were most likely to retain weight if they gained too much during pregnancy.

As the date for the comment period on the proposed guidance by HHS on 340B drug pricing draws near, read about the program and its impact on healthcare overall.

The prospective cohort study adds to the findings that connect lack of sleep to metabolic syndrome and the development of disease.

Presenting results of a meta-analysis comparing low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets is never uneventful when the nation is weeks away from adopting the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Soda consumption dropped in Mexico in the year after its soda tax took effect, but the beverage industry is fighting back. Calls continue both here and abroad for taxes to combat obesity.

The drug fills a void for patients with chronic kidney disease, including those with diabetes, who have high potassium levels.

Wound care specialists, who treat burn victims and diabetics with foot ulcers, say the move to end coverage if a dressing is made of more than 50% honey by weight is arbitrary and makes no sense from a medical standpoint. A final LCD is pending.