On March 27, pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare voluntarily recalled all nonprescription supplies of the weight-loss drug alli (generic name orlistat) from retailers in the United States and Puerto Rico due to tampering concerns.
There’s always a lot of talk ricocheting around the Diabetes World about the latest and greatest gadgets and what’s happening with the biggest industry players. We never wish to spread pure gossip, but there are solid clues to some very intriguing developments in new CGM products.
A study found that eating foods that are steamed or boiled can help insulin work better in overweight women. Glycation end products (AGEs) are present in grilled or broiled food and they seem to contribute to insulin resistance. Participants eating the low-AGE diet had significantly greater insulin sensitivity by the study’s end.
Overall, it voted 13-1 to recommend approval for patients with type 1 diabetes and unanimously backed it for those with type 2, adding that longer-term studies would still be needed to monitor possible side effects such as lung cancer.
Seriously, this is the first time in more than a decade that the regulatory agency’s updated these rules on accuracy, and it’s the first time in history the FDA’s made a concerted effort to engage with our diabetes patient community via interviews, guest appearances and web chats, to actively seek our input.
Do you use an insulin pen to control your diabetes? Then you are no doubt familiar with the anxiety caused by not knowing whether you’ve already taken your shot. Timesulin, a product already in use in 40 different countries, simplifies the process of tracking injections, and it needs your help to come to the United […]
A study of state hospitals by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority focusing on medication errors found dispensing insulin to be among the most frequent mistakes made.
There’s always an excuse for a sugar binge. A holiday, a birthday or even a breakup seems like the perfect time to break out the sweet stuff. But you don’t have to be a slave to sugar! Learn how to avoid it and how to quell your sugar cravings for good.
In the last decade, as pumps have become more sophisticated, so have potential pump problems. Before, it was almost always user error to fear. Now, we’ve had to become vigilant of computer failure, as well.
Any islets transplanted into the T1 body must run a gauntlet of killer T cells to survive long enough to integrate into the body. Most don’t live that long; some 90% of islets die either during transplant or shortly thereafter, making islet therapy often an expensive T1 therapy of last resort.
This week, Wil tackles “The Great Diabetes Coffee Debate” and also chimes in on the issue of how insulin pump calculations can be confusing to users.
There are about 84 different automatic insulin calculator apps on iTunes. Many of the smart phone apps work along with diet and exercise apps so that patients can manage his or her diet and disease state.
MikeH ponders the advantages and disadvantages of several insulin pumps recently approved by the FDA.
This new meter debuted in Europe under the name Diamond more than a year ago, but the company wanted to change the name to Test N’ Go, so that delayed the launch here in the States to this February — despite the fact that it got FDA approval back in 2012.
Could a new sugar substitute actually lower blood sugar and help you lose weight? That’s the tantalizing – but distant – promise of new research presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) this week.
As co-director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Dr. Stock is one of the scientists on the frontline of trying to make islet therapy a viable. “We’ve been saying islet therapy is ‘right around the corner’ for quite awhile, but now it really seems to be true,” […]
A new kind of long-acting insulin, developed by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, has shown promising results in clinical trials, according to information released by the company.
Chronic hyperglycemia (A1C >8 percent) is associated with poor surgical outcomes, as measured by an increased hospital length of stay (LOS), according to a study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care.
Marijuana actually appears to have metabolic benefits. A study published last summer in The American Journal of Medicine looked at more than 4,500 adults, of whom 579 were using marijuana at the time. That subgroup had notably better fasting blood glucose levels, insulin resistance, and waist circumference.
An international research team is one step closer to an entirely non-invasive blood sugar test. They report details in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.