Report analyzes the direct and indirect cost burden of diagnosed diabetes and is published as a Scientific Statement in the April 2013 issue of Diabetes Care….

Researchers looking at over 100,000 pregnancies find that gestational diabetes is one of the greatest risks for delivering a large-for-gestational age baby….

There is a lot of clamor about the new way of providing healthcare, and how quality becomes important to maximize reimbursement potential. A part of this quality initiative involves Value Based Purchasing. To help you understand the concept of VBP as it is called, we are providing you with a …

Konstantinos Makrilakis, MD, PhD Nikolaos Katsilambros, MD, PhD. The earliest symptoms of marked hyperglycemia are polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Unlike DKA, which usually evolves rapidly over a 24-hour period, symptoms in HHS develop more insidiously, often persisting for several days or even weeks before people seek medical attention and …

  This week we have the first set of slides in a three-part series examining current treatment practices of both cholesterol and diabetes, and some of the commonalities and differences between the two, and how value-driven healthcare can play a role in improving patient outcomes for both….

If you have been a little behind on reading your emails you might not yet have seen the special edition that we sent out on the new SGLT2-Inhibitors now that the first in class drug has been approved for sale in the US. Since we first put this together I …

Gmate iPhone 5 Smart Monitor  The Gmate® SMART meter is the only smartphone meter to connect directly to the new iPhone 5, without the need of a costly adapter. Features include: weighs less than 2 ounces; connects directly to the headphone jack; Gmate® SMART app available from the iTunes app …

Recent studies used electronic media including an internet program, computer game and a video game, to examine behavior changes such as an increase in fruit or vegetable consumption, increase in physical activity, and improved disease states. An increase in physical activity, weight loss, a decrease in systolic blood pressure, and …

Patients with early type 2 diabetes who took insulin-glargine injections showed reductions in atherosclerosis measures, while those who took omega-3 capsules did not. The findings suggest that fish oil supplements do not provide protection against atherosclerosis progression and should not be recommended to patients for that purpose, researchers said. Diabetes …

A study looked at 625 children from 4th to 6th grades in San Antonio, Texas. The researchers surveyed the children once a year and asked them what they had eaten for breakfast in the previous three days. After the children were surveyed, the researchers calculated their BMI. When the children …