Kombiglyze XR now available: A new oral treatment for Type 2 diabetes is now available. Kombiglyze XR (saxagliptin and metformin hydrochloride 5/500, 5/1000, 2.5/1000)

One in 16 women hospitalized for childbirth has diabetes: More than a quarter million women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2008 had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during their pregnancy. The federal agency also found that in 2008, the 35,500 women with pre-existing diabetes and the 232,300 with …

Online Health Info Popular but Often Unchecked: The survey questioned more than 12,000 people and found that 81% of those with internet access use it to search for advice about health, medicines or medical conditions. More than six in 10 look for information about medicines and more than half of …

Diabetes Continues to Soar: The number of American adults treated for diabetes more than doubled between 1996 and 2007, rising from about 9 million to 19 million.. By age groups, the number of adults treated for diabetes increased from 4.3 million to 8 million among people age 65 and older; …

Depression and diabetes appear to be associated with a significantly increased risk of death from heart disease and risk of death from all causes over a six-year period for women….

Many people have multiple common chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, complicating healthcare needs….

LX4211 rapidly lowered blood sugar and increased GLP-1 and PYY, mediators of glycemic and appetite control….

In a comparison of the angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) candesartan and losartan, used by patients with heart failure, candesartan was associated with a lower risk of death at 1 and 5 years….

The lifetime risk of nephropathy among hypertensive patients with Type 2 diabetes may be greater than previously reported….

Using proteinuria in combination with eGFR may reduce unnecessary referrals for care at the cost of not referring or delaying referral for some patients who go on to develop kidney failure, according to Canadian researchers….