Endocrinology

Once-daily human GLP-1 analog indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

There's a concept in healthcare insurance where all risks in a community of interest, a market, are pooled - community rating; and then there's experience rating where the healthy are advantaged in more ways then one and the sick are marginalized, paying disproportionately more into the pool just to have a seat at the table.

High costs, unreliable vendors, lengthy installation and transition processes, disruptions to workflow, reduced productivity--it's no wonder that so few practices have adopted full-featured EHRs.

Fibrocytes are present at a higher than normal frequency in patients with Graves' disease and often result in excessive scarring.

In the current Revisions to the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, the section on Diagnosis of Diabetes has been revised to include the use of A1C to diagnose diabetes, with a cut-point of 6.5 percent or greater.

South Dakota State University has demonstrated that a culturally based nutrition intervention can promote small, but beneficial, changes in weight among Native Americans.

Researchers at UT Southwestern and 14 other centers worldwide found that injections of the drug used to treat autoimmune disorders slowed beta cell destruction in the pancreas of those newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for at least a year.

On-demand aerosol spray increased ejaculatory latency and improved patient and partner reported outcomes of sexual satisfaction over three months.

Researchers are finding that interactive game systems like Nintendo's Wii are especially helpful for people with chronic health conditions. Playing the games increases physical activity and can even improve the ability to care for oneself.

Long-term exposure to cell phone electromagnetic fields could weaken bones, potentially affecting the outcomes of surgical procedures using bone grafts.

"The Vine that Ate the South" may one day be known as "The Vine that Fought the Metabolic Syndrome," according to University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers.

The decreasing age of onset of hypertension in the general population paired with increasing life expectancy has resulted in an increased incidence of this disorder, which will likely culminate in higher rates of morbidity and mortality in the future.

A few months ago the FDA issued a formal statement about the issue of sharing insulin pens and cartridges. In short, they gave it a big NO all around.

Sermo.com CEO Daniel Palestrant recently proclaimed that the AMA no longer speaks for US physicians, and that now is the time to “turn to entities like Sermo where physicians are establishing a new voice to collectively discuss the future of our profession.”

This week the news is abuzz with the potential FDA crack-down on some over-the-counter pain medications like Tylenol, as well as Tylenol-containing prescription medications.

Installing an EMR in your practice is a long, difficult, painstaking process that requires extensive research and due diligence, total commitment from staff, intensive training, and full support from a dedicated vendor.

So you have this idea to create a set of educational materials to help patients who have been asking you about the latest alarming disease of the day.

A study has found that �women with a history of hypothyroidism face a significantly higher risk of developing liver cancer.�

A new study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology found that the stress hormone cortisol, may be linked to some of the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome.

Reforming healthcare often took center stage during the presidential campaign. Having won the election, President Obama continues to tout healthcare reform as one of the top issues he wants addressed his first year in office.

Former ADA President Gerald Bernstein discusses the history of and recent advances in the delivery of insulin.

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

I am convinced that we essentially sabotage both our guests and ourselves when we offer only these high calorie and often totally unhealthy options time and time again.

Clifford Chirls discusses the features of the new social networking site iMedExchange and explains how it diff ers from other social networking resources for physicians.

Lower levels of cortisol have been linked to antisocial behavior among male adolescents.