Diabetes

Older adults with diabetes are being overtreated for their condition, leading to harmful outcomes such as hypoglycemia, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

About 70% of primary care visits actually have a behavioral health component, which has been well known for some time, although people are only now getting serious about investing in mental healthcare, according to John Santopietro, MD, chief clinical officer of behavioral health at Carolinas HealthCare System.

A new study has identified an increased risk of lung cancer and heart disease in night shift workers, adding to the growing knowledge of health risks associated with those jobs.

Congress eased school nutrition standards championed by Michelle Obama in the final days of the last session, and some nutrition advocates believe it's just the beginning of a rollback of the 2010 law that put healthier foods on lunchroom plates. What happens if Congress' efforts to water down school lunch standards run counter to the ongoing work of the committee setting the nation's nutrition policy, whose work will be released in the next few weeks?

The drug Saxenda has been approved as a treatment option for chronic weight management for adults who are overweight or obese in addition to a reduced-calorie diet and exercise.

Advocacy groups led by the JDRF gained strong bipartisan support for a bill in the last session of Congress, even though it was introduced late in the session. Those who support gaining Medicare coverage for devices that allow persons with type 1 diabetes to better monitor their blood sugar believe that bodes well for passage in the session that begins next week.

Simply increasing access to care is not enough to improve the health of patients with diabetes mellitus as a new study in JAMA has also associated the difficulty of paying for food and medications with poor diabetes control.

The panelists discuss the complications associated with patients who have mental health illnesses and are also suffering with other chronic conditions.

The employer and individual mandates, not Medicaid expansion and state-run exchanges, are what raised the ire of Republicans who gave opinions on the ACA in the most recent Kaiser poll.

Senior Vice President, Health System Alliances, CVS Health

A new RAND study explores the range of possible causes that might explain observed international variations in the usage of medicines for selected disease areas: dementia, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, and hepatitis C.