Latest Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia Stories

The diabetes drug sitagliptin appears to reduce the severity of reactive hypoglycemia, a form of low blood sugar that occurs after a meal, a preliminary study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. "Further studies may determine if it is possible to use sitagliptin as a novel approach to treat this condition, for which there currently is no medical therapy," said the lead investigator, Francisco Gomez-Perez, MD, of Instituto...

LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest issue of the journal Diabetic Hypoglycemia ( http://www.hypodiab.com) reviews the role of hypoglycemia in provoking crimes and misdemeanors. Professor Vincent Marks, a leading authority on the forensic aspects of hypoglycemia and its role in criminal behavior, discusses how hypoglycemia-related neuroglycopenia can cause behavioral changes, which can bring people with diabetes into conflict with the law. "Hypoglycemia was recognized as a...

A majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, Canadian researchers said. Our findings confirmed our clinical suspicion, study co-author Dr. Remi Rabasa-Lhoret of the University of Montreal said in a statement. Exercise has been proven to improve health and one would assume diabetics would remain active. Yet our findings indicate that type 1 diabetics, much like the general public, are not completely comfortable...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Episodes of extremely low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), particularly at an early age, can have an impact on spatial memory performance in children with type 1 diabetes, according to the results of a new study. As lead investigator Dr. Tamara Hershey told Reuters Health, "this study tests and supports a common hypothesis that severe hypoglycemia experienced early in life is riskier for cognitive function than severe hypoglycemia experienced later in life. We...