Endocrine Daily Briefing

Question 0

Can you test saliva to measure blood glucose levels?

Answer 0

A new sensor using light, metal and an enzyme that changes color when exposed to blood sugar is being developed to measure blood sugar in saliva.
(Nanophotonics)

Question 1

What percentage of U.S. Firefighters are over-weight/obese?

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

What does FGF1 protein injection do to diabetes mellitus type 2 symptoms in mice?

Answer 2

Reverses them.

Question 3

Poorer diabetes patients get more amputations.

True or false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Tree nuts may aid glycemic control in type 2 diabetes.

True or false?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Which kind of exercise seems to be more beneficial in type 2 diabetes and/or pre-diabetes…

• walking/exercising at constant pace or interval training with different paces in small intervals?

Answer 5

Interval training

Question 6

Exposure to antibiotics early in life may predispose to obesity later on.

True or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Which race develops more diabetic macular edema…

Blacks or whites?

Answer 7

Blacks are three times more likely than whites to develop diabetic macular edema.

Question 8

Which autoantibody assay has been most recently approved by the FDA to distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes?

Answer 8

Kronos’ Zinc Transporter 8 Autoantibody Assay

Question 9

Study shows being born with a low birth weight puts white women more at risk for diabetes type 2 - true or false?

(August 22, 2014)

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Study shows being born with low birth weight puts black women more at risk for diabetes type 2 - true or false?

(August 22, 2014)

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Do increased serum calcium levels independently predict risk for developing type 1 diabetes?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

Do increased serum calcium levels independently predict risk for developing type two diabetes?

Answer 12

Yes