Our Top 10 Stories of 2022
Happy 2023! We’re celebrating by taking a look back at our top 10 most-read stories of the past year. Covid-19 no longer tops the list (or fills it completely, as it did in 2020), but a couple of our top stories this year did deal with Covid-19, specifically the virus’s long-term impacts. Stories on disease […]
Good News for Those with Type 2 Diabetes: Healthy Lifestyle Matters
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder of insulin resistance — a reduced sensitivity to the action of insulin — which leads to high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia. Approximately 12% of American adults have type 2 diabetes, and more than one-third of Americans have prediabetes, a precursor to type 2 diabetes. This is a major […]
What to Know About Metabolic Syndrome
Obesity, elevated blood sugar, high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol or triglyceride levels — any one of these conditions on its own is cause for concern. But a whopping 34% of U.S. adults have at least three of them (up from 25% two decades ago), a perfect storm of health problems, called metabolic syndrome, that doubles […]
New Treatment for Pediatric Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes have a new treatment option this year. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Victoza (liraglutide) injection for treatment of pediatric patients 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes. Victoza is the first non-insulin drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes in pediatric patients since metformin was […]
Why is childhood diabetes on the rise?
The Kid’s Doctor By Sue Hubbard, M.D. Diabetes continues to be a growing problem among our nation’s children. Did you know that every year there are more than 25,000 children diagnosed with diabetes? To begin with there are two different types of childhood diabetes, type 1 and type 2; and while both cause an elevated […]
Incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes on the rise
Source: Penn State Hershey Medical Center whatdoctorsknow.com A generation ago, there was no such thing as pre-diabetes. Well, the condition existed – it just wasn’t given a name or diagnosed the way it is now. Chris Fan, M.D., practice site director for the endocrinology and nephrology clinic at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, said news […]
High morning blood sugar common and treatable
By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I have type 2 diabetes. My blood sugar runs high in the morning, especially if I am in pain. I have arthritis and neuropathy in my feet and lower legs. Why is my sugar running high in the morning, especially when my pain is worse? A: It’s common for people […]
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: Is Your Family at Risk?
According to the American Diabetes Association, someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes every 19 seconds. Now, imagine that person being diagnosed is your child. And now imagine that your child’s condition could have been prevented. Childhood diabetes is typically associated with type 1 diabetes—previously known as juvenile diabetes—where the body loses its […]
