September 11th 2024
Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.
September 10th 2024
Hypertension Highlights: A Photo Essay
September 12th 2014Hypertension and diabetes, hypertension and stroke/dementia, renal artery stenosis and hypertension in children, pulmonary arterial hypertension, portal hypertensive gastropathy, central retinal vein occlusion-a close look at some common hypertension-related conditions.
Dietary Strategies for T2DM: Are Two Meals Better Than Six?
July 2nd 2014Conventional wisdom holds that eating more frequent and smaller meals is healthier than the traditional 3 squares. But, a new study finds that fewer and larger may be better for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
"Diabetes Is Primary": Primary Care Providers Are the Foundation of Diabetes Care
June 16th 2014The fact that a "Diabetes Is Primary" session is held in parallel to the ADA scientific sessions is a significant recognition by the American Diabetes Association that primary care providers are the foundation of diabetes care in the United States. Highlights here.
Bilateral Knee and Thigh Pain in a Woman With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes
June 6th 2014A 50-year-old African American woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted with bilateral knee and thigh pain and swelling of both knees. MRI showed extensive edema in the distal thigh and gastrocnemius muscles and in subcutaneous fat. Fluid was seen at the short head of the left biceps femoris. The findings were consistent with diabetic myonecrosis. Which of the following statements about this condition is/are true?
Complications of Type 2 Diabetes on the Decline: Which Ones and by How Much?
April 18th 2014You have probably read the news by now -- but do you recall the most remarkable rates of decline? Was it in MI? Lower-limb amputations? Death after hyperglycemic crisis? Check your memory with this quick quiz.
Factors in Home Blood Pressure Variability in Diabetes
March 4th 2014Certain modifiable risk factors-ncluding heart rate, smoking status, and antihypertensive medications-affect blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. And variability in blood pressure has an important role in progression of organ damage.