The following was extracted from an article published in Endocrine Today, reporting on results of a study published recently in Diabetes Care (Li Y. Diabetes Care. 2012;35:273-277):Â
From 1996 to 2008, rates of lower-limb amputations among US adults with diabetes decreased by 65%. Nevertheless, in 2008, data from a study conducted by CDC researchers demonstrated that [...]
A long-term study of several thousand women over 65 who had baseline bone density testing was published in NEJM January 2012. The purpose was to try to determine how long it might take for a patient who does not have osteoporosis to develop it. In short, it depends how bad the bone density is to [...]
Obstuctive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is not what I would consider an “endocrine problem.”. However, it is of great concern to us because of it’s extraordinary prevalence in our patients with type 2 diabetes. Symptoms typically include snoring, daytime fatigue and difficulty losing weight.  It has long been recognized that treatment with use of a mask [...]
Maybe. Actos is a drug for treatment of diabetes that is clearly quite effective. There has been information in the package insert about bladder tumors since 2006, so this question isn’t new. However, there has been a lot in the lay press lately. And, many ads from lawyers are popping up in the newspaper every [...]