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Sharon Vacha, Dr of Pharmacy Candidate, 2010 Dave Joffe, Editor Tethys Bioscience has developed a predictive blood test to evaluate a patient's 5 year risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. This company has articles in...

Pitavastatin (Livalo, Kowa Pharmaceuticals), a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, was approved as a primary treatment for hypercholesterolemia and combined dyslipidemia. This new medication has a unique cyclopropyl group on its base structure,...

This is a great tool to use as a reminder for you to do a foot exam each time you see the patient.  It can be used to motivate your patient to better self-care as they can see the progression of their neuropathy. Foot Exam...

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"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." - Arabian Proverb

Steve and I spent a busy 4 days at the AADE, learning the value of education and tighter glucose control for the patients. We would like to thank the nearly 1000 AADE members that stopped by our booth and tried the

A 56-year-old woman who has Type 2 diabetes asks her physician to refer her for bariatric surgery. She has had diabetes for 16 years and has been treated with metformin and insulin. She also takes atorvastatin. Her total cholesterol is 170 mg/dL...

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Children with Type 1 diabetes are at an increased risk of developing tuberculosis, according to a new report. Dr. E. A. Webb, from the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Center, Cape Town, South Africa, and colleagues found that almost one in three children...

Metformin, one of the most widely used diabetes drugs, may offer patients the added benefit of lowering their odds for pancreatic cancer by 62%, a new study shows. Lead author Donghui Li, stated that, "It's a very complicated association...

The analysis of this large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study found that over a 12 year period, all individuals who increased their exercise by about 180 metabolic units per week (equivalent to an additional hour of mild or 30 minutes...

Short sleep times may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance, which in turn may elevate the risk of diabetes, concludes a new study. To reach the conclusion, researchers subjected a group of healthy...

For patients with good A1c levels, continuous glucose monitoring will be beneficial, according to a new report. 

A new study found that people with low blood levels of a protein that regulates sex hormones are at higher risk of diabetes, and genetics may play a role in determining both the levels and the risk.  

Metformin, one of the most widely used diabetes drugs, may offer patients the added benefit of lowering their odds for pancreatic cancer by 62%, a new study shows. 

In patients with Type 1 diabetes, the presence and severity of chronic kidney disease predicts all-cause mortality, according to a new report. 

By activating one gene, researchers can reprogram cells to produce insulin, according to a study in the journal Cell. 

The researchers propose that the development of Type 1 diabetes may in part be due to increased levels of this new gene.