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Diane Fennell
Diane Fennell has been an editor at Diabetes Self-Management magazine since 2003. She is currently the Web Editor for Diabetes Self-Management E-News and DiabetesSelfManagement.com.
Coffee Linked With Lower Stroke Risk
Drinking one cup of coffee per day, either regular or decaffeinated, is associated with a roughly 30% reduced risk of stroke, according to a recent study conducted at the University of Cambridge, in England…
The Health Impact of Sugary Drinks
Researchers have found evidence that the increased consumption of sugary drinks such as sodas and sports drinks in recent years has contributed to thousands of new cases of diabetes and heart disease in the United States…
A1C Shows Predictive Advantage
The HbA1c test can more accurately identify people at risk for a variety of health conditions than the fasting plasma glucose test, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…
New Research on Statins
Cholesterol-lowering statins slightly raise the risk of Type 2 diabetes, but the danger is small compared to the cardiovascular benefits of these medicines, according to a recent study from Scotland…
Metformin Smelling Fishy? What You Can Do.
Researchers have recently discovered what many people with diabetes have known for years: The popular Type 2 diabetes drug metformin (brand names Glumetza, Riomet, Glucophage, Fortamet, and others) has a distinctive scent that, for some people, is enough to cause them to stop taking it. But as the most widely prescribed diabetes drug in the United States, metformin plays an important role in helping people with Type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose levels, and experts have suggested several solutions for dealing with the medicine’s unique scent…
Vinegar Reduces After-Meal Glucose
Past studies have shown that consuming vinegar can improve insulin sensitivity in people with insulin resistance and possibly improve blood glucose control in people with Type 2 diabetes. Now, research has indicated that vinegar consumption is also effective at controlling after-meal blood glucose levels in those with Type 1 diabetes…
Syringe Recall; Depression Raises Severe Complications Risk
Nipro Medical Corporation has voluntarily issued a nationwide recall of all GlucoPro insulin syringes due to the possibility of the needles detaching from the syringes. Were such detachment to occur while a syringe was being used, it could cause the needle to become stuck in an insulin vial, to push back into the syringe barrel, or to remain in the skin after an injection. The recall affects all product codes and lot numbers with expiration dates prior to 2011-11 (November 1, 2011)…
New Drug Approved
On January 25, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the injectable diabetes medicine liraglutide (brand name Victoza), developed by Novo Nordisk. Victoza is the first once-daily treatment in the class of drugs known as GLP-1 agonists. (Exenatide [Byetta] is the other member of the drug class.)
Counterfeit Medicine Warning
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline are warning consumers about a small quantity of counterfeit weight-loss products, falsely labeled as brand-name drug alli, that has been sold on online auction Web sites…
A1C Recommended as Diagnostic Tool
New recommendations issued by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) call for the addition of the hemoglobin A1C, or A1C, test to the tools currently used to diagnose prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes…
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