Research Recap

Expensive Diabetes Drugs: A ‘Bargain’? How do current medical and treatment practices affect future healthcare costs? Dr Nichols discusses two recent studies that provide potential answers.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 14, 2015
Is the Diabetes Epidemic Leveling Off? Diabetes incidence may be leveling off, but not in all populations. Dr Nichols describes trends reported in two new studies.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 20, 2015
Should Everyone Take Metformin? Two studies highlight the benefits of metformin in people with diabetes, even raising the question of whether these might extend to nondiabetics.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 04, 2014
Long-term Follow-up of ACCORD and Advance Interventions Can preventing the progression of hyperglycemia among patients with diabetes prevent future cardiovascular complications? Dr Nichols discusses new follow-up data from two landmark studies.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 16, 2014
Hyperglycemia: A Very Early Warning of Coronary Risk? Even small elevations in A1c may predict heart disease, according to studies discussed in this recap.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 29, 2014
The Existential Question of Prediabetes Do we need to rethink the idea of 'prediabetes'? Perhaps 'diabetes' also needs existential evaluation. Dr. Nichols explains.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 24, 2014
Statins and Diabetes: Studies Offer New Insights Should statins be prescribed for diabetes patients to lower their cardiovascular risks? A review of the latest research provides some guidance.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 14, 2014
Hemoglobin A1c and Cardiovascular Risk Glycemic control is valuable to cutting CVD risk in some but not all patients with diabetes. Two recent studies highlight this contradiction.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 24, 2014
Another Option for Late-Stage Medullary Thyroid Cancer? A recent study extends our knowledge regarding the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 20, 2014
Fitness vs Fatness in Diabetes Prevention Gregory Nichols discusses 2 studies that call into question much of the conventional wisdom about obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 14, 2014
Promise and Risks of Natural Products for Hyperglycemia Two recent studies highlight the use of 'natural' and 'herbal' products to lower blood glucose.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 12, 2014
Young-Onset Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes: Which Is Worse? The answer might surprise you.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 05, 2014
Does Race Affect Outcomes in Diabetes and CAD? What is the impact of race on clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes who have comparable access to medical care? Dr. Nichols comments on this study from the American Journal of Cardiology.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 11, 2014
Are Race and SES Related to Outcomes in Thyroid Cancer? What are the racial and socioeconomic disparities in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer? Dr. Burman comments on this study from the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 05, 2014
Glycemic Control in Elderly Patients With New-Onset Diabetes Does glycemic control affect mortality risk in elderly patients with new-onset diabetes? Dr. Nichols comments on this study from Diabetes Care.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 22, 2014
Simple Texts Can Curb Diabetes Rates Can mobile phone messaging be an effective lifestyle modification tool for patients who are at risk for type 2 diabetes?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2013
Benefits of Achieving Both LDL-C and A1c Goals? This summary of an article from Diabetes Care examines the clinical and economic benefits of dual-goal achievement compared with only LDL-C or A1c in patients with diabetes.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 17, 2013
Metformin's Effect on Differentiated Thyroid Cancer How does treatment with metformin affect diabetic patients with differentiated thyroid cancer?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 13, 2013
Gender Differences and Mortality in Patients With Diabetes Does patient gender or timing of diagnosis affect mortality in patients with diabetes? Dr. Gregory Nichols comments on this study from Diabetes Care.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 20, 2013
Glucose Levels Linked to Dementia Diabetes is a known risk factor for dementia, but high glucose levels may be associated with dementia even in people without diabetes.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 14, 2013

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