Diabetes

Prevent Debilitating Complications from Diabetes

Jun 15, 2020 · · Diabetes
Approximately 34.2 million people living in the U.S.—more than 10 percent—had diabetes in 2018, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 2020 National Diabetes Statistics report released earlier this year. And an estimated 7.3 million of those people were adults who had undiagnosed diabetes, meaning … Read More

Group Visits Improve Diabetes Management

Feb 21, 2020 · · Diabetes
The many facets of diabetes care can be difficult to cover in a standard 10- to 15-minute-long doctor’s appointment. Questions go unanswered, challenges undiscussed, opportunities for better management missed. That’s why a growing number of medical practices are turning to group medical visits, where patients can find education, communication, and … Read More

Diabetes Drugs Lower Heart Failure Risk

Jan 21, 2020 · · Diabetes
When a person with type 2 diabetes has poorly controlled blood glucose or a high hemoglobin A1c level, a medication called a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor may be added to his or her existing medication regimen. That addition does more than lower blood sugar: It also lowers the risk of … Read More

Diabetes and Vitamin D

Oct 22, 2019 · · Diabetes
Up to 75% of North Americans are vitamin D deficient, and that can spell a higher risk of a wide range of disorders, including diabetes. Over the summer, two new studies explored whether high-dose vitamin D supplements could slow the progression of diabetes (looks promising) or prevent it altogether (not … Read More

Watching and Waiting With Diabetic Macular Edema

Jul 30, 2019 · · Diabetes
About 10 percent of people with diabetes develop diabetic macular edema (DME), a build-up of fluid in the eye that causes blurred vision that can’t be improved with corrective lenses. Timing treatment is as much of an art as a science: Treating too soon can expose patients to risks, while … Read More

Diabetes Is a Major Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Mar 26, 2019 · · Diabetes
You may be aware that people with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of heart disease—but you may not know just how strong the connection is between these two conditions. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), at least 68 percent of people age 65 or older who have diabetes … Read More

Diabetes: The Door to Alzheimer’s Disease

Jan 31, 2019 · · Diabetes
For people with diabetes, managing blood sugar levels can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, one has to be on the watch for other related diseases like high blood pressure, abnormal lipid levels, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, and obesity. More recently, a link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been … Read More

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