October 2015 Diabetes

A recent study has found that brain inflammation caused by chronic nerve pain alters activity in the mood-regulating regions of the brain.

Teenagers who are bullied during their formative adolescent years are more likely to develop depression as adults.

Individuals who develop type 2 diabetes tend to take more antibiotics in the years leading up to their diagnosis than those without the condition.

Moderate to severe depression is associated with a significantly increased risk of death in patients with heart failure.

Metabolic or bariatric surgery may be more effective than standard medical treatments at controlling type 2 diabetes in patients who are obese.

Daily injection of the diabetes drug liraglutide can lead to greater weight loss when used in addition to diet and exercise.

Kelsey Japs, a pharmacy student at the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is driven by a belief that pharmacists have a duty to help not only the patients in their immediate communities, but also those in need of health care all across the globe.

Individuals who maximize their strengths and sublimate their limitations are better at directing their energy into useful activities.

CVS Health and IBM have forged a partnership to leverage technology in chronic disease prevention and management.

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Nature Made Nutritional Products.

Read about network issues, complainers, and other pet peeves.

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Asthma is the most chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in children.

If all individuals with diabetic retinopathy were treated in a timely manner, the incidence of blindness from diabetes could be decreased by 90%.

Read about the new generic products featured in October.

Generic medications have a negative reputation among patients, but pharmacists can change that.

An analysis from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that a patent law change sought by brand name pharmaceutical industry stakeholders would add $1.3 billion in costs over 10 years to the US health care system by delaying generic drugs' entry to the market.

Planning brown bag consultations for your patients living with chronic diseases does not have to be a time-consuming scheduled event.

A retired physician filed suit against his former accounting firm, alleging that its poor advice led to him having problems with the IRS.

Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects more than 380 million individuals worldwide.

The frequency of pharmacy robberies has slowly risen over the past decade or so, with a recent upsurge in these dangerous crimes.

According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.

Flibanserin (Addyi) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women.

Read about the new Rx Products featured in October.

The FDA has approved Amgen's Corlanor to reduce the risk of hospitalization for worsening heart failure in patients with stable, symptomatic chronic HF with left ventricular ejection fraction.

Xarelto, one of the newer oral anticoagulants on the market, is approved for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

The number of Americans with diabetes rose from 5.6 million in 1980 to 21 million in 2014, with an additional 8.1 million individuals still undiagnosed.

Read about the new OTC Products featured in October.