As more practices adopt the patient-centered medical home concept, diabetes educators will become even more integral to delivering effective, compassionate and evidence-based health care.…

During the recent AADE meetings there was a lot of attention placed on the idea of the Patient Centered Medical Home and how diabetes educators might take an active role in bridging the gap between the prescriber and the patient.  Check out Patient-Centered Medical Home Reshapes Role of Diabetes Educators. …

Researchers show that daily reinforcement helps adults stick to their exercise goals. Using personal digital assistants (PDAs) to give daily feedback to adults about their fitness progress helps them stick with an exercise program, a new study says. An example of a message for participants who met their exercise goals …

A daily serving of processed meats, such as bacon, lunch meats and sausage catapults the risk of type 2 diabetes by 51% according to research from the Harvard School of Public Health. The data for the study came from questionnaire responses from more than 204,000 people, tracked between 14 and …

The FDA is expected to make a decision Jan. 28 on the once-weekly diabetes drug Bydureon by Eli Lilly and Amylin. Amylin and its partners Eli Lilly and Co., and Alkermes, Inc., said the FDA has accepted their approval resubmission and set an action date of Jan. 28 for the …

New research has shown eating plenty of dairy foods as a teenager may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes during adulthood….

A 2-step model helps predict future risk for type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a validation study.…

Patients approaching end-stage renal disease are increasingly receiving the nephrology consultation they need before initiating kidney dialysis; however, the trend has surprisingly not resulted in an improvement in mortality rates, according to a new study.…

The FDA has approved updated label information for pioglitazone (Actos) and medications that contain it, following its warning in June about bladder cancer risk with the drug.…

A high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet may improve insulin control among patients with a specific variant in the IRS1 gene, according to recent results….