New Basal Insulin Approved. See the Product of the Week. New Test Approved to Diagnose Type 1 Diabetes. See this week’s Facts.

The Risk Calculator  Predicting Risk for Developing Diabetes. Blood glucose levels measured in hospitalized patients during acute illness can be used to predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the following three years. The Risk Calculator

Basaglar (insulin glargine injection) by Lilly and Boehringer  The FDA has granted tentative approval for Basaglar (insulin glargine injection), a basal insulin. Basaglar is Eli Lilly and Co. and Boehringer Ingelheim"s basal insulin. Basaglar has the same amino acid sequence as the currently marketed insulin glargine product. While the FDA …

Coronary artery disease patients who are faithful about taking their statin drugs are more likely to reduce their bad cholesterol levels than those who fail to follow their doctors" orders. The new study points out the importance of counseling patients who are not adherent. For those patients who do take …

Researchers have developed an implantable molecular device that monitors acid build-up in the body for people with diabetes and produces insulin if acidosis becomes a risk. A team of bioengineers from ETH Zurich"s Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in Basel developed the device which is composed of two …

The FDA has allowed marketing of the first zinc transporter 8 autoantibody (ZnT8Ab) test which can help determine whether a person has type 1 diabetes. When used with other tests and patient clinical information, the test may help some people with type 1 diabetes receive a timely diagnosis and treatment …

In Hispanic men and women, and non-Hispanic black women, the projected increased risk is even higher, over 50%….

Use of antidepressants was associated with a 26% higher risk of diabetes…. 

In a Canadian study, printed educational messages (PEMs) aimed at family practitioners were not effective in promoting retinal screening among diabetes patients….

Copeptin concentration also correlated to plasma creatinine and to PAD in T2DM patients….