PerioChip for Periodontal Disease  Dexcel Pharma Technologies has announced that PerioChip (chlorhexidine gluconate) is now available for the adjunctive treatment of adult periodontitis with a pocket depth (PD) ≥5mm, when used with scaling and root planning. Two multicenter studies have shown that patients who received PerioChip after scaling and root …

Among US states, Mississippi has the highest proportion of obese adults at 34.9%, and Colorado has the lowest, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Mississippi heads 12 states with adult obesity rates of more than 30%, trailed by …

In a large study of adults with type 2 diabetes, pain and nonpain symptoms were common among all patients, not just among those near the end of life. According to the researchers, the prevalence of pain and nonpain symptoms across the age spectrum and at varying points before death or …

According to researchers, TZD drugs pioglitazone or rosiglitazone, which account for up to 20% of the medication prescribed for diabetes in the US, give patients 2 to 3 times more risk of bladder cancer after 5 or more years taking the drugs, as opposed to those who took sulfonylurea drugs, …

The benefits of statin therapy exceeded the risk of diabetes, and should reassure physicians prescribing statins to reduce the risk of MI, stroke, and cardiovascular death…. 

Middle-age individuals who are physically active have lower levels of inflammatory markers sustained over time….

Modest cost achieves small decrease in A1c; higher cost achieves goal of less than 7 A1c….

Data on more than 2,000 young adults showed that those who were parents tended to consume more saturated fat than those who did not have children…. 

Medical group practices can reduce costs for patients with diabetes by investing in improved quality of care….

Sixty percent of boomers are likely to download an app recommended by a physician, but the question is how to get them to use it….