Blood Glucose

The benefits of owning a dog go beyond celebrating National Dog Day on Aug. 26: Patients who owned a dog were more likely to achieve recommended levels of behavioral CV metrics including diet and physical activity compared with those who did not own dogs, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality and Outcomes.

Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top five news reports posted from American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting, held August 9-12, 2019, in Houston.

In this issue, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, CDN, FAADE, talks with Michelle May, MD, and Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDE, about mindful eating for diabetes self-management.

Children with diabetes and their families are seeing improved health outcomes and better quality of life as they adopt newer diabetes technologies. However, the schools in which these children spend a substantial portion of their day are often under-resourced and under-informed about technology.

BMI and insulin resistance as measured via the triglyceride glucose index share a “reciprocal” association that can influence the development of hypertension, according to findings published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.

Postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes reported more sleep-related symptoms, such as frequent urination, excessive thirst and anxiety, and they rated those symptoms as more severe when compared with postmenopausal women without diabetes, according to findings published in Menopause.

The FDA has issued a proposed rule that would require cigarette packaging and advertisements to include new health warnings with photo-realistic images about the lesser-known, but serious, health risks of cigarette smoking, according to an agency press release.

Random plasma glucose tests helped clinicians identify which Veterans Affairs patients should be further tested for diabetes, according to findings recently published in PLoS One.

HOUSTON — Insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring offer people with diabetes “opportunities for connected care,” and diabetes care and education specialists can do more to leverage available technology to improve clinical outcomes and better integrate devices into practices, according to three speakers at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.

HOUSTON — Assessment of hypoglycemia is critical at every appointment for a person with diabetes, and there are several important steps diabetes care and education specialists can take help prevent dangerously low blood glucose, according to two speakers at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.