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On The Pulse - 14th June 2013
Do statins cause diabetes? (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 15, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

How quickly does wheatlessness unfold?
Wheatlessness: the happy, healthy state achieved by not eating wheat. A frequently asked question: Once you eliminate wheat, how fast do the benefits occur? Well, it depends. It depends on what health issue we are discussing, what organ system, and how far along the process of wheat destruction you were. Nonetheless, there are a number of common patterns that develop once you decide to eliminate all things wheat in your life: Gastrointestinal Acid reflux, bowel urgency–5 days is typical for these conditions to reduce or go away entirely. Ulcerative colitis, Crohns–These complex inflammatory conditions require...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-ectomy Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs

New Merck R&D Chief Overhauls Operations & Cuts Are Coming
Two months after arriving at Merck as the new head of R&D, Roger Perlmutter is moving quickly to overhaul the operation, which is known as Merck Research Laboratories (back story). As part of the changes, various senior management roles have been eliminated, including franchise heads and site head, and the licensing unit will now report directly to Perlmutter, who is searching for a new head. "These changes are part of Merck’s existing strategy and ongoing commitment to streamline our operating model and aggressively manage our cost structure," a spokesman writes us. "By doing so, we will ensure that we are able to ...
Source: Pharmalot - June 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Coping with Gestational Diabetes
Being diagnosed with gestational diabetes can be scary, but following your doctors advice and getting routine check-ups can make all the difference. Keeping your gestational diabetes under control is achievable.Contributor: Lisa SavaresePublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Gestational Diabetes: It is Not All About Diet
While much of the effect of gestational diabetes can be controlled by diet, the treatment and the effects of the disorder on mom and baby can be difficult and trying. But it can be survived by educating yourself about effects and treatment.Contributor: Jennifer ClarkePublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Gestational Diabetes- What I Learned While I was Pregnant
Denying my chocolate cravings while I was pregnant made me cranky, but I had to look at the big picture, it wasn't about just me.Contributor: Teresa BlakePublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

My Experience with Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes and diet.Contributor: Linda L KinyonPublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

How Gestational Diabetes Affected My Pregnancy and How I Lived
When I got pregnant with my 4th child I sailed thought the first part easily, never saw anything bad coming my way. I was asked to do the routine glucose tolerance test at 28 weeks and I figured it would be smooth sailing, boy was I wrong.Contributor: Cheryl BaileyPublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Weight-loss pill Belviq is now available, but we say skip it
A year after receiving approval by the Food and Drug Administration, the new weight-loss drug Belviq is finally available by prescription. But you may not want to rush out and get it. It's only approved for people who are obese, with a body-mass index of 30 or more, or who are overweight, with a BMI between 27 and 30, and also have diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. But our medical advisers say skip the drug, and lose weight other ways. Here's why: Slim results. People who take the drug for a year can expect to lose just 3 to 3.7 percent of their weight, and may gain the weight back, research suggests. In...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - June 13, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: gingerskinner Tags: Conditions & Treatments Drugs Health Source Type: blogs

Having Gestational Diabetes Helped Me Understand I Needed to Control My Weight
Learning to live with Gestational Diabetes for a few months was difficult, but manageable. After my pregnancy, I didn’t really worry about Diabetes again. But after my doctor did a routine blood test what I learned from having Gestational Diabetes helpedContributor: Laura Kay BolinPublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

For Teenagers
By Scott Coulter I don't know how many teenage readers are out there — I know that isn't the majority of who makes up this Web site's readership. But today, I'm writing for you. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with something, ANYthing, that I could fill my space with this week, and after reading through some old writing from my own adolescence, I finally stumbled upon it. I'm going to talk about living with diabetes through the teenage years. Adolescence is a rocky, unstable period of time for everyone. It's unstable for the adolescent, for the family of the adolescent, for the teachers of the adolescen...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 13, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott Coulter Source Type: blogs

The racial disparity of cancer screening and preventive medicine
Like many other Millenials who grew up in the age of Lara Croft and Brangelina, I greeted Angelina Jolie’s announcement that she had undergone a preventative mastectomy and reconstruction last month with sadness for her loss and admiration for her heroic decision and very public disclosure. I hope her story will lead other women to undergo screening and potentially save lives, but real improvement in women’s health outcomes requires much more than celebrity disclosure. We need a fundamental shift in the way providers approach their patients and gain access to their narratives. Continue reading ... Your patients are ra...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 13, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions Cancer Diabetes Medical school Primary care Source Type: blogs

I Survived Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes can be a scary thing for a mother, but following the doctor's advice can help you get through this trying time.Contributor: Libby PelhamPublished: Jun 13, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 13, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Three simple steps to heart health: A woman’s guide
Recently, I was asked to see a male patient that complained of upper abdominal pain and “indigestion”. When I interviewed the patient he informed me that his pain moved to his chest and spread to his jaw, he had numbness in his right arm, and reported feeling faint, dizzy, and occasionally short of breath. The middle-aged man was a smoker, had parents and siblings with heart disease, and he had high blood pressure. Further testing confirmed my suspicion that he was having a heart attack and indeed had the classic symptoms of severe chest pain spreading to his jaw, numbness in the arms, and lightheadedness, dizziness, a...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 13, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Men's Health Women's Health Heart disease Source Type: blogs

How the Affordable Care Act Will Change Mental Health Treatment
The tragedies in Aurora and Newtown in 2012 sparked a lot of debate about America’s mental health policy. Despite vigorous debate on all sides, there’s been no clear solution yet. However, a point that many seem to miss when debating the issue is the Affordable Care Act and just how much it will do for expanding access to mental health treatment in this country. According to numbers from the National Alliance on Mental Health, it’s estimated that one in four adults experience a mental illness during the course of a given year. That’s about 55.7 million people. So it’s no wonder that the Care Act would aim to ext...
Source: World of Psychology - June 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Michael Cahill Tags: Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Treatment Affordable Care Care Act Clear Solution Federal Poverty Line Health Insurance Health Insurance Plans High Risk Insurance Insurance Companie Source Type: blogs

Do You Meditate?
By David Spero Last Monday, I went to my first meditation class. For years, I have heard that meditation reduces stress, increases energy, and improves focus. It might also open the doors to spiritual growth. I'm finally giving it a try. Perhaps I was inspired by Scott Coulter's article about living in the moment, on this site last week. So I found a class on Meetup.com. That's a great site — you just type in the kind of activity or group you're looking for, and there's a good chance you will find it not too far away. You have to pay to start your own group, but finding a group and joining it is free. The class I j...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 12, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs

NSF Smart and Connected Health Program Director to speak at 2013 SharpBrains Summit
Misha Pavel, PhD, is the Program Director in charge of the National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Health portfolio, designed to accelerate the development and use of innovative healthcare approaches that are preventive, proactive, evidence-based, person-centered and focused on well-being rather than disease. Concurrently, he has an appointment as a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, at Oregon Health and Science Univer...
Source: SharpBrains - June 12, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology connected health healthcare Misha-Pavel National Science Foundation NSF smart health Source Type: blogs

Glooko’s 2nd Version of Diabetes Management System Released
Glooko, Inc has released a new version of its Glooko Diabetes Management System, having received FDA clearance for the product recently.A combination of an iOS app and a web dashboard, the system provides diabetics with a direct way of syncing their glucose readings from compatible glucometers and sharing that information with their doctors. Readings are stored on the cloud and physicians are provided access to check up on patients from anywhere.Read More » (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - June 12, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs

Diabetes Drugs Under Scrutiny As FDA Considers Another Study
As a two-day NIH workshop gets underway to examine the safety of several widely used diabetes drugs, the FDA is considering whether to run a study to determine whether a definitive link can be established to acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, which were the subject of recent studies that have generated considerable controversy. “A review of FDA-required epidemiological studies submitted to (the FDA) have provided conflicting results and do not provide reliable evidence to refute or support a causal link between GLP-1 based therapies and risk of acute pancreatitis,” wrote Solomon Iyasu, who heads one of the FDA e...
Source: Pharmalot - June 12, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Say No to Joe?
In this study, researchers fed CGA to mice with diet-induced obesity, expecting that the CGA might lessen some of the harmful effects of obesity and perhaps even result in weight loss. The dosage was meant to approximate 5–6 cups of coffee per day in a human. The result was quite unexpected: obese mice who were fed CGA actually had more insulin resistance than those who weren't fed CGA, as well as lower glucose tolerance, a fattier liver, and greater retention of fat within cells. It is unclear how, exactly, this result might help inform choices among humans. It may be the case that coffee has harmful effects only in...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 12, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Quinn Phillips Source Type: blogs

To sleep, perchance to dream of sleep
I didn’t know what I was going to write about today until exactly 4:19 this morning. That’s when my Dex G-4 woke me up with the news that my blood sugar had dipped below 75 mg/dL five minutes previously.Why didn’t it wake me up at the time of the low? Because I slept right though the vibration that serves as the first-phase alarm. The Dex was sleeping on the nightstand because she needed recharging and the Dex recharging cable isn’t long enough to reach from the plug to the bed. In fact, it’s not long enough to reach from the plug to much of anywhere at all.But I digress.So it’s dark. And I’m tired. I cancel ...
Source: LifeAfterDx--The Guardian Chronicles - June 12, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Wil Source Type: blogs

Healing the Overwhelmed Physician - by Jerry Avorn
BOSTON — DURING an 1817 visit to Florence, the French author Marie-Henri Beyle, known by the pen name Stendhal, was seized by palpitations, dizziness and a feeling of being overwhelmed by the abundance of great art surrounding him; an Italian psychiatrist later coined the term Stendhal syndrome to describe this phenomenon. Enlarge This Image Sophia Martineck Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow@nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow@andyrNYT. We physicians are susceptible to a kind of medical Stendhal syndrome as we confront the volumino...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 12, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Diabetes Eating on the Wild Side
We are getting better at producing sweet tasting food. Farmers have been breeding ever more palatable fruit and vegetables for 10,000 years. Scientists have been speeding up this process for the past century. Our food today is more pleasurable than what our ancestors had to eat. It’s generally more tender and less bitter. It is increasingly higher in sugar and starch. But as we bred taste into our food we unwittingly bred out... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - June 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs

I Do It MY Way
By Jan Chait First, a smile for the day. My 84-year-old mother was visiting and I arranged to have coffee with a local friend of mine who is 86. I got to the coffee shop first and was, with the help of one of the employees, carving out a space for us at the community table. "I'm meeting two octogenarian ladies," I told him. He then began wondering where their country was. I worry about today's youth and hope the little dude never gets diabetes. He might find the knowledge he'll need to duke it out with the big D a bit overwhelming: Perhaps even more difficult than trying to find Octogenaria on a map. How do you treat your ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs

Inflated Figures: Novartis Probes Galvus Sales Practices In India
In yet another scandal at Novartis, the drugmaker is investigating a widespread effort in India where numerous managers and sales reps allegedly inflated and presented fabricated sales data for its best-selling Galvus diabetes treatment, according to an exclusive report by PharmaAsia News. Moreover, the drugmaker has reportedly dismissed as many as 18 executives. The nationwide probe is examining allegations that employees padded invoices and then bought Galvus inventory from wholesalers with cash rewards that had been distributed as incentives. The sales reps then registered false sales in an effort to match steep sales t...
Source: Pharmalot - June 11, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Teens with Diabetes – Free Driving Clinic in Chicago
Wednesday of last week I sat down with Tom Bregmann to learn more about his non-profit foundation called Juvenile Diabetes No Limits. He’s a Minneapolis area guy, and I do whatever I can to connect with local folks who are working to help people with diabetes. Tom has done a lot of different things with his foundation. Some have worked great. Others, not so much. But through all of these iterations he’s landed on something that he can do, and do well. Free driving clinics for teens with diabetes. He gets space, he gets cars, he gets driving instructors (Todd Hansen, Peter Zekert, Sarah Robinson, Rafael Torres...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - June 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Good Morning
Rise and shine, everyone, another day has arrived. Not only that, but the rain has stopped, at least for now. Whatever the weather forecast might say, though, our spirits remain sunny. As the Morning Mayor taught us long ago: 'Every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift.' So while you tug on the ribbon, we will reach for the mandatory cup of stimulation and get on with foraging for interesting developments. Meanwhile, here are a few tidbits. Have a grand day and thanks to all for providing some useful tips lately... AstraZeneca And Takeda To Bid On Israeli Biotech Incubator (Globes) FDA Approves Sanofi Fou...
Source: Pharmalot - June 11, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Has pancreatic damage from glucagon suppressing diabetes drugs been underplayed? - BMJ
BMJ 2013; 346 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3680 (Published 10 June 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f3680Article Related content Article metrics Deborah Cohen, investigations editor Author Affiliations dcohen@bmj.com Incretin mimetics have been called “the darlings of diabetes treatment” and they may soon also be licensed for treating obesity. But a BMJ investigation has found growing safety concerns linked to the drugs’ mechanism of action. Deborah Cohenasks why patients and doctors have not been told. They’ve been touted as th...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 11, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Being Kind to Your Kidneys: Kidney Function Tests
By Amy Campbell A big part of "being kind" to your kidneys is taking charge early on. In discussing diabetes, we often talk about "knowing your numbers," such as your A1C and blood pressure. These are important numbers, of course, but what's often overlooked is your kidney numbers. These numbers may or may not be something that your doctor talks to you about — if you don't know about your kidney test results, ask! In the meantime, here's a rundown of some common tests, often called kidney function tests, that you should be familiar with. Microalbumin test The microalbumin test is a urine test that checks for very sma...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 10, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs

Titanium Dioxide Coupled with Carbon Nanotubes for Next Generation Glucose Testing
Non-invasive blood glucose testing remains a holy grail of medical technology, potentially revolutionizing the way diabetics manage their disease. Optical sensors that analyze light passing through skin have had limited success, but measuring acetone levels in exhaled breath may turn out to be a more practical solution.It’s been known for some time that increased acetone in exhaled breath is a signature for high glucose levels within patient blood, so a sensitive breath exam may be an effective way to do indirect glucose testing. To that end, researchers from University of Pittsburgh and National Energy Technology L...
Source: Medgadget - June 10, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: in the news... Source Type: blogs

Information for PWD’s on Medicare
I’d like to pass along some (hopefully) helpful information around some changes that are coming very soon in Medicare. I received this information from Terry Blankenship, VP of Patient Care for Diabetes Care Club. With that in mind, it’s clearly a PR push for them, but I still think it’s useful information and wanted to get it out. There has also been a lot of concern about the price cuts on test strips and how that will affect quality and safety. It’s a huge issue that I haven’t quite wrapped my head around, but as patients, we need to be really concerned about. If companies that are spending...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - June 10, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, June 10, 2013
Brought to you by MedPage Today. 1. Low Vitamin D Linked to Hepatitis B. Vitamin D deficiency might be a key player in hepatitis B (HBV) replication. 2. Wrinkles Emerge in SGR Repeal Debate. As Congress inches toward a change in the way physicians are paid under Medicare, an early-stage Republican proposal drew criticism this week for not going far enough. 3. Avandia’s Future Still Bleak? An FDA panel recommendation to loosen restrictions on the controversial diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) isn’t likely to affect how — or whether — doctors prescribe it. Your patients are rating you online: How...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 10, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Diabetes Endocrinology GI Source Type: blogs

A Profile of David Murdock
David Murdock is one of the few billionaires interested enough in human longevity to talk about it in public and work towards doing something about it. Unfortunately he is focused only on diet and thus will fail to achieve his own stated goal of living far longer than any man has ever done, and will fail to help anyone else to do the same. You can't eat your way to an extremely long life, no matter how good your diet might be. Most of the healthiest people die before reaching Murdock's advanced age of 90, and he is fortunate to have lived as long as he has. In a world of billions, random chance will deliver a small populat...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 10, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Cutaneous signs of systemic disease: necrolytic migratory erythema
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 9, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: dermatology oncology endocrinology Source Type: blogs

Sign the Diabetes Petition
By Web Team Currently nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, and it is predicted that by 2050, one in three Americans will have the condition if steps aren't taken to stem the tide. And while it's been shown that low-cost community health programs can significantly reduce a person's risk of the condition, federal funding levels for diabetes research and prevention have not kept pace with increases in prevalence, according to the American Diabetes Association. To address the growing diabetes epidemic, the American Diabetes Association has set up a petition urging Congress to increase the money inves...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 8, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Web Team Source Type: blogs

Tips in Reducing Sugar Intake
Have you ever though of cutting off some sugar in your diet? Either diabetic or not, this will guide you in your diet.Contributor: Dart PetersonPublished: Jun 08, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

One to watch - Dispatches, Channel 4, Monday June 10th, 8pm
Dr Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs that some drug companies hope could also be a magic treatment for obesity. Millions of prescriptions of it are given out every year, but are they also associated with an increased risk of cancer? The drug companies hope to expand, but lawyers in America are bringing legal action on behalf of some people who claim that their health has suffered. Some scientists say they've found new evidence that suggests there are cases where the risks might outweigh the benefits. Dispatches explores the argument that drug ...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 8, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

The soul of our vocation is to heal our patients
As a medical student nearly two decades ago, I remember how excited I was to begin my rotations on the wards. After two intense years in the classroom, I felt that I had a good fund of knowledge that I could finally apply in a clinical setting. Still, very soon after beginning my ward rotations, I noticed that while I was able to adequately manage my patients’ symptoms, I could only heal them to a limited degree. My team would encourage me to use diagnostic data to uncover why the patients were ill, and they taught me to use the appropriate treatments based only on this information. The patients’ histories were adapted...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 7, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Physician Diabetes Endocrinology Primary care Source Type: blogs

Night-Shift Work May Impair Glucose Tolerance
By Diane Fennell Working the night shift may reduce glucose tolerance and increase a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study from researchers in Boston. Nearly 24 million people in the United States have Type 2 diabetes, and roughly 8.6 million Americans work the night shift. Previous studies have shown that people who work the night shift have an increased risk of developing Type 2. To determine what factors might contribute to this increase in risk, researchers recruited 13 healthy, nonobese adults who did not have a significant history of night-shift work. The participants were assigned ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 7, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diane Fennell Source Type: blogs

Continued Advancement for Diabetic Therapies – An Interview with CeQur SVP Jay Warner
CeQur Ltd. is an insulin therapy startup based in Switzerland and Massachusetts focusing on a compact 3-day insulin delivery device named PaQ. It consists of an infuser to control continuous basal insulin or bolus insulin, and a messenger unit to notify the patient when replacement is necessary.According to Jay Warner, SVP of Marketing and Sales at CeQur, “In just the US and EU there are over 11 million people with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy, and of those over 60% are not in target glycemic control. Current insulin delivery options – syringes, pens and pumps – are not working for this population. Insuli...
Source: Medgadget - June 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Janelle Chang Tags: Medgadget Exclusive Medicine Pediatrics continuous monitoring diabetes Source Type: blogs

Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Summary Report: Aggregate Results from Urban Indian Health Organizations, 2008-2012
To better understand the trends in diabetes services and outcomes among AI/AN patients with diabetes, the Urban Indian Health Institute conducts an annual medical chart audit, also known as the Indian Health Service (IHS) Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit. Information collected by these agencies is submitted to the IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention (DDTP). This information is used for diabetes surveillance and to help provide a clinical overview of AI/ANs who receive diabetes care and services through the Indian health system. 12% of urban AI/ANs in UIHO service areas report being told by a doctor that they ...
Source: BHIC - June 7, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lori Tagawa Tags: Articles Inner City Low Income Minority Health Concerns Source Type: blogs

People Sometimes Lie about Their Health Behaviors; Health Halo Bias
It should not come as a surprise to any reader of this blog that patients sometimes provide less accurate information (i.e., lie) when completing health questionnaires in topics relating to smoking behavior, drinking habits, and daily exercise. It's just human nature to do so and perhaps avoid a lecture from the physician during the visit. Such patient lies were discussed in a recent article (see: People lie about their health behaviors: Dartmouth study). Below is an excerpt from it: People lie about their health related behaviors. It’s a problem that has long bedeviled health research on issues ranging from di...
Source: Lab Soft News - June 7, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Medical Consumerism Medical Education Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – June 7, 2013
This week DW attended Health Datapalooza. If you weren’t able to attend or didn’t catch our live tweets we’ve got you covered! Check out or summary post. On Monday, President Obama tried to elevate the importance of mental health. In his remarks he said the treatment of mental health problems should be the same as going to the doctor for a broken bone. Politico has more on this. NIH Director Francis Collins, in an unusual occurrence, disagreed with the federal government having to do with the research ethics of a controversial study of more than 1,300 severely premature infants. The NPR Shots Blog has the details. A...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 7, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Roundup weekly roundup Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... The Weekend Nears
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. This was a particularly busy one, yes? Well, you can start daydreaming about the weekend now, if you wish. Our own agenda, as usual, is rather modest. Besides pulling weeds, we expect to catch up on some naps and reading, entertain the short people and tend to some of the ancestors. What about you? Anything intersting planned? How about enjoying the great outdoors? Maybe spend time with a special someone. Or you could wax philosophical and plan the rest of your life. Whatever you do, enjoy. But be safe. See you soon... Sanofi Steps Up Its Diabetes Game Plan (Reuters) ...
Source: Pharmalot - June 7, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Phosphate Additives Promote Hardening of the Arteries
In this study subjects who were allowed to eat only the foods supplied by the researchers were, for four weeks, fed a control diet free of any phosphate additives. Then, for the next four weeks, they were fed a diet that contained the identical amount of calories, protein, fat, and carbohydrate as the control diet but this diet was made up of foods containing inorganic phosphate additives, like American cheese, soda, and processed meats.The report explains, "The average phosphorus content of the daily menu was 979 mg during the control period and 2124 mg during the test period." After a month of eating the foods with the a...
Source: Diabetes Update - June 7, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe: Friends for Life '13
It's coming.Friend-for-life-itis: an uncharacteristic phenemena experienced by a person with diabetes, family member, or a health care professional most usually in the weeks leading up to the event. May exhibit behaviours such as excessive list making, packing, checking the weather in Orlando, searching for the same such hash tags on Twitter, and squealing in excitement when anyone whenever someone posts to the Facebook page. Does not entirely dissipate upon completion of the event,but can be managed via upon seeing pictures, reminiscing, etc.This summer, my mother in law will be coming to visit. For three weeks. I expect ...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - June 7, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs

To Ease Or Not To Ease: FDA Panel Votes To Loosen Avandia Restrictions
After an intense two-day meeting that illustrated the challenges in determining drug safety, a divided FDA advisory panel voted to ease restrictions on the use of the controversial Avandia diabetes pill, which has been under the equivalent of regulatory lock and key for nearly three years. Of the 26 panelists, 20 voted to either remove or somehow modify the existing REMS, or Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, which was established in 2010 following a protracted controversy over the extent to which the GlaxoSmithKline drug causes serious cardiovascular events. That debate emerged after a 2007 meta-analysis found a 43 ...
Source: Pharmalot - June 6, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

In the Moment
By Scott Coulter I practice Zen meditation — much more sporadically than I care to admit, but I do practice it, and I have found it an incredibly valuable practice. It's a grounding force for me, something that knocks me out of my head, quiets my spinning wheels of nervous thought, and lets me breathe. It allows me to put an end to that "drowning" feeling I can get when my to-do list is 20 items long, and the time in which to do it is one hour. Being a musician/social worker/writer/teacher often means living with such lists, budgeting my time incredibly carefully to pull off what I need to pull off for my various jo...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - June 6, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott Coulter Source Type: blogs

The Value of Your Child’s Life – According to Those Promoting Vaccines
Conclusion Who knows your child best? Who has to live with consequences resulting from decisions imposed on you by pediatricians or diverse authors, labeling parents as “paranoid,” should they express the ramifications of the child’s vaccine injury? Good decisions are made by taking all perspectives, arguments and scientific outcomes into consideration. Those advocating for all parents to inject their children with toxic substances via vaccines are also advising to silence voices of thinking otherwise. Their tools are means of “telling emotional stories full of tears, sobbing and unbearable grief and terror and not...
Source: vactruth.com - June 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Markus Heinze Tags: Markus Heinze Top Stories type-1 diabetes VACCeptable Injuries Vaccine Safety Vaccine Side Effects Source Type: blogs

Dr Sidney Wolfe retires with a bang!
Avandia: A Drug That Should Be BannedStatement of Sidney M. Wolfe MD, Founder and Senior Adviser, Public Citizen’s Health Research GroupJune 6, 2013Contact: Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741; Sam Jewler (202) 588-7779Note: Dr. Sidney Wolfe is testifying today before two FDA advisory committees that are meeting to consider a range of actions on the dangerous diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), from lifting restrictions to banning it. Dr. Wolfe’s testimony is available at http://www.citizen.org/hrg2134.According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration-acquired marketing data, since late 2010, when the diabetes drug Ava...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 6, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs