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Should drug companies have to report $$ paid to doctors?
When your doctor recommends a new drug or treatment for your diabetes, do you know if the doctor has received payment from the company that markets the drug or device?
Sleep loss and weight gain: Missing just one night of sleep lowers metabolism
Reuters Health reported on the study that showed the men under several different sleep scenarios, including curtailed sleep, no sleep, and normal sleep over several days. Study measures included changes in how much the study participates ate, their blood sugar, hormone levels and indicators of their metabolic rate like oxygen use. If you are trying to lose weight, the study results are sobering.
Growth hormone treatment for kids tied to type 2 diabetes risks
A study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology reports that children who received growth hormone treatments had a more than eightfold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with a group of children in the general population.
Actos linked to bladder cancer
Actos, an anti-diabetic drug prescribed for type 2 diabetes, and sometimes for pre-diabetes and (off label) for polycystic ovarian syndrome in women, has been linked again to the dangerous side effect of possibly increasing the risk of bladder cancer.
Studys shows insulin resistance and mitochondrial damage = type 2 diabetes
A new study conducted by the University of Cambridge has answered a question long posed by diabetes researchers: does insulin resistance cause mitochondrial damage or does mitochondrial damage cause insulin resistance?
Global Warming: Inuits have the same rates of obesity, diabetes as other Canadians
According to an article on Reuters, westernization and rapid changes in the Arctic are partially to blame. “Melting polar ice has made it more difficult for Inuit to hunt for food over long distances. At the same time, they are increasingly settling in permanent communities and taking less-active, paying jobs
Race affects obesity in vitamin D deficient kids
A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that vitamin D-deficient white children had higher abdominal fat levels while vitamin D-deficient black children had higher subcutaneous fat levels compared with their nondeficient counterparts. Low vitamin D also was linked to higher adiposity measures and lower HDL cholesterol levels in white and black children.”
Teens show more improvement than adults after gastic bypass surgery
Data on adults and teens who underwent gastric bypass surgery found that although both groups shed almost 70% of their excess weight, teens had more improvements in levels of good cholesterol, homocysteine and fasting glucose.
New fitness initiative to help reservists and National Guard members
Members of the International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) will offer free memberships to immediate family members (ages 13 and older, where applicable) of deployed reservists and National Guard members. Clubs may also provide additional benefits such as childcare, children’s programming, group classes, discounts for veterans, and discounts for active duty families…
I object. Diabetes is not the “fat people” disease.
Amy Tenderich, a well respected blogger about diabetes wrote an article worth reading, “10 Reasons Why the Actos Pre-Diabetes study is Dumb.”. I want to point out that the Actos study is not an isolated “dumb” study. Her article also prompted me to want to point out something that really needs to be said: Pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes are NOT a “fat people” disease…
