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One out of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent on diabetes and its complications, and one in every three Medicare dollars is spent on people with diabetes. (Halvorsen, George, Healthcare Will Not Reform Itself, CRC Press, 2009, p.131)

FDA Won’t Approve Statin-Fenofibrate Combo: The FDA said it won’t approve a new combo capsule for dyslipidemia until it learns more about the safety and efficacy of the compound, a decision that may be linked to the FDA’s review of the ACCORD trial findings.  AgaMatrix and sanofi-aventis sign a long-term …

The number of Americans living with diabetes and covered by Medicare will rise from 6.5 million to 14.1 million, and Medicare spending on diabetes will almost quadruple, skyrocketing from $45 billion this year to $171 billion in 2034. Health Affairs March 2010

The diabetes population in the U.S. will almost double over the next 25 years and annual medical spending on the disease is projected to hit $386 billion, up from $178 billion today. The number of Americans living with diabetes will rise from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in …

Diabetes Screening Should Start Sooner: A recent study found that checking for blood sugar disease earlier cut complications and costs. Current recommendations suggest that screening for Type 2 diabetes start at age 45, especially for those who are overweight, but new research shows cost-effective screening can begin between the ages …

Important new information about the OneTouch® PingTM Glucose Management System, Animas® 2020, 1250, and 1200 Insulin Pumps: We have learned of several cases in which pumpers have accidentally delivered excessive insulin when they ignored pump warnings and did not disconnect from their infusion set before loading the pump cartridge. In …

Food Prices Affect Weight Management: Taxes on these kinds of foods or elimination of subsidies could be helpful approaches to promote health according to these data. This 20-year longitudinal study included 12,123 respondent days from 5,115 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. “The real …

Maple Syrup Reduces Cancer, Diabetes Risk: Maple syrup can substantially slow the growth of cancerous cells in several cancers and help reduce the risk of diabetes, U.S. researchers found. Navindra Seeram of the University of Rhode Island found 13 new antioxidant compounds that were not known to exist in syrup …

Zocor (simvastatin) — increased risk of muscle injury with high doses: FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients that, based on review of data from a large clinical trial and other sources, there is an increased risk of muscle injury in patients taking the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering …

Psoriasis Tied to Raised Heart Risk: Skin ailment boosts odds for heart attack, stroke, and inflammation may be key, researchers say. The common skin ailment psoriasis may boost the risk for heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular woes, probably through a shared inflammatory response, a new Danish study found. After …