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  Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Impact on healthcare expenditure Diabetes is an expensive disease. About 75% of the direct costs are absorbed by the long-term complications, rather than the management of diabetes itself. In the USA in 2002, the annual economic burden of diabetes was …

Genteel – The First Pain Free Lancing Instrument  Genteel is a radically new lancing instrument that completely replaces the more-familiar industry-standard spring-loaded devices. Genteel’s patented technology allows patients to get the right amount of test blood from both fingers and alternate sites the first time, every time, without pain, or …

Smart contact lenses would also correct vision in a different way similar to an autofocus camera lens….

Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed by identifying chronic hyperglycemia. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) have used a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126mg/dL.(7 mmol/L) or higher to define diabetes (Table 3.1 ). This originated from epidemiological …

Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Diseases with the clinical features of diabetes have been recognised since antiquity. The Ebers papyrus, dating from 1550 BC, describes a polyuric state that resem­bles diabetes. The word ‘diabetes’ was first used by Aretaeus of Cappadocia in the second century AD. …

Type 1 diabetes patients have better control of their blood sugar levels with an artificial pancreas…. 

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: What drugs restore incretin function How to titrate GLP-1 agonists Learn the contraindications and precautions for the DPP-IV inhibitors The typical doses for the different DPP-IV’s….

An automated "bionic" pancreas that incorporates glucagon as well as insulin has shown improved blood glucose for five consecutive days in a study of patients with type 1 diabetes….

HealthSpot Stations  Cleveland Clinic and HealthSpot are forming a joint venture that will offer patients convenient, alternative options to access health care through HealthSpot’s virtual walk-in kiosks. HealthSpot stations — private, 8-by-5-foot enclosures outfitted with touch screens, integrated medical devices and videoconferencing capabilities — will enable Cleveland Clinic medical providers …

Cleveland Clinic and HealthSpot are looking to form a joint venture that will offer patients convenient, alternative options to access health care through HealthSpot’s virtual walk-in kiosks.