Have you ever wondered how medicines and medical devices get approved? Would you like your voice to be heard in decision-making at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Are you looking to participate in a clinical trial?
Meagan Esler: “Of course there are a million things that scare me about diabetes, but the one that tops the charts is the idea of losing the battle against my diabetes in my sleep.”
D’mine on two questions: Can Type 2 Diabetes convert or evolve into being T1? How does insulin actually get into our system?
We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent faves from the Diabetes Online Community.
To ease the process for applicants, the school has developed the “Study Web Screener.” The screener is a short online questionnaire that helps speed up the screening process by quickly determining which clinical study you or a family member may be eligible for.
A recent study from researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center suggests that medical students need to learn how to be more tolerant of people with obesity, too.
If we’re forced to wear and carry medical devices all the time, we can at least spice up our gadgets with some color and decorative accents, right?
Clinical trials are the key to getting that data – and without volunteers to take part in the trials, there would be no new treatments for serious diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and arthritis.
Clinicians caring for hospitalized patients must keep the harms of hypoglycemia in mind when managing hyperglycemia and should avoid aggressive glucose management
If a diabetes patient has nerve damage, treatment can keep the problem from getting worse. Unfortunately, some patients don’t even know they have nerve damage.
Wait, an algorithm? No, not the technology software kind. Rather, this “algorithm” is a set of complex guidelines for doctors that, according to the AACE, “considers the whole patient, the spectrum of risks and complications for the patient, and evidence-based approaches to treatment.”
We have all been there: the clammy hands, nervous stomach, constant anxiety, racing thoughts about eating choices we should or shouldn’t have made-all caused by the anticipation of seeing our endocrinologist.
Telcare (Bethesda, MD) has announced winning European clearance to begin marketing its smartphone-like blood glucose meter, a device already approved for sale in the U.S.
Measuring the ratio of someone’s waist to their height is a better way of predicting their life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), the method widely used by doctors when judging overall health and risk of disease, researchers said.
If your body isn’t getting enough glucose, it will resort to burning fat for energy. In order to break down these fats, the body produces ketones, which can accumulate in your blood and urine over time
Seniors share how optimism, family support and lifestyle management have helped them live with diabetes.
Later chronotype and larger dinner were associated with poorer glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes independently of sleep disturbances
More than 1,400 physicians gathered in Phoenix, AZ, last week for the 22nd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
Diabetes educator Constance Brown-Riggs has heard all of the excuses. Her patients aren’t taking their medication, or they aren’t sticking to their treatment plans.
Science is hard—and not just because it involves lots of math. No, the real challenge, scientists will tell you, is getting someone to pay for your research. And the funding situation isn’t getting any better.