MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'endocrinologists'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162644&cid=t_123720_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F219458339%2F Taking you back to the post I wrote last Saturday about the diabetes explosion occurring in Australia, I happened to come across a program on the Discovery Health channel about diabetes. Guess what the subject matter was? You guessed it- diabetes and the Aborigine people. The series is called Discovery Health- CME and it is running on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9AM, at least the last few weeks it has around my neck of the woods (East coast). Last weekend they discussed the “thrifty gene”and how it is contributing to a huge increase in diabetes among the Aborigine people in Australia. Through history this group of people among the outskirts and brush of Australia have had to be very frugal and make a meal stretch for days until the next meal was available. Enter- “thr... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162644 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:40:11 +0100 1162644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=700745&cid=t_123720_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2F33k-average-pharma-payment-to-vt-endos.html [NOTE: This blog entry appeared in a different form earlier, but a concerned friend who, unlike me, gets paid to write about diabetes, feared that the wording might cause drug companies to sue me. I have therefore rewritten it in such a way that should preserve my modest assets from drug company legal attack.] It's no secret that doctors often prescribe the newest, most expensive drugs and medical devices to patients when there are often older, better-tested drugs and devices that would do the same or even a better job. One reason for this is that drug and device companies provide huge financial incentives to doctors who prescribe their expensive new drugs and devices.How big are those financial incentives? An article in today's Now the New York Times gives you a clue. The Times reporters ... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=700745 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:26:00 +0100 700745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699333&cid=t_123720_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2F33k-average-pharma-bribe-to-vt-endos.html It's no secret that doctors often prescribe the newest, most expensive drugs and medical devices to patients when there are often older, better-tested drugs and devices that would do the same or even a better job. One reason for this is that drug and device companies provide huge financial incentives to doctors to prescribe these expensive new drugs and devices.How big are those financial incentives? An article in today's Now the New York Times gives you a clue. The Times reporters sifted through mandatory reports from the very few states where Big Pharma is legally required to document their "marketing expenditures" to doctor. One of these states is Vermont, a state with a tiny population and few doctors or hospitals. There are only 11 endocrinologist listed in the yellowpages.com listing... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699333 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:13:00 +0100 699333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692348&cid=t_123720_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F23%2Fmedtronic-software-designed-to-help-docs-juggle-patient-records%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, SupportA major player in the world of diabetes management, Medtronic Inc., has just released a new product: CareLink Pro Software. The product is part of Medtronic's CareLink line for diabetes management. Designed for use by physicians, CareLink Pro Software is intended to help docs - specifically, endocrinologists - with what seems to be an increasingly impossible task: juggling all the information on diabetic patients without dropping any balls - that is, without losing anything, without making mistakes, and just generally making it more likely patients will get optimal care. So, your doctor can store and retrieve patient info from the Internet, and can store data from a patient's continuous glucose monitoring device, among other things. All this info is loca... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692348 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 692348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=545216&cid=t_123720_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F15%2Fdiabetes-complications-the-white-elephant%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Drugs, Research, Exercise, Daily NewsA white elephant is a supposedly valuable possession whose upkeep exceeds its usefulness, and it is therefore a liability. Every type 2 diabetic is a valuable possession to someone: a mother, a father, a sister, a brother, a daughter, a son...you get the picture. But when it comes to the complications of the disease - it costs the U.S. health system an extra $22.9 billion a year to treat these complications. Annual health costs for a type 2 diabetic are THREE TIMES that of the average American without diabetes. About 20.8 million Americans have diabetes. Most have type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, in which the body loses its ability to use insulin. Obesity and lack of exercise are linked with type 2 diab... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=545216 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 545216