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Heart Risk and Death 44% Greater for Women with Diabetes See this week’s Item #1.

Research published in Diabetes Care in February found that while most health groups advise diabetes patients to target fasting blood glucose rates lower than 120 mg/dL, the actual mean fasting glucose level was higher in those whose A1C rates ranged between 5.5% and 6.99%. "Considering the safety concerns surrounding hypoglycemia, the current …

The European Commission has approved empagliflozin 10 mg and 25 mg once-daily tablets for use in adults when glycemic control is not achieved from diet and exercise. The European Commission endorsed empagliflozin for approval in March after the U.S. FDA delayed the approval and requested more data. A new drug …

Technologies like interactive games and virtual reality platforms can help people with type 2 diabetes make better choices and monitor their health on a regular basis. The authors found that when people engage in interactive social platforms that are capable of building and hosting online therapeutic communities, they develop empathy …

And 50% take at least one prescription. In 2007-2010, 10% of Americans reported taking five or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days, up from 4% in 1988-1994, the National Center for Health Statistics said in its "Health, United States, 2013" report released May 14. By 2007-2010, close to …

For patients with type 2 diabetes, two large meals (breakfast and lunch) may be better than six small meals with the same total calories. Hana Kahleová from the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic said, "Eating only breakfast and lunch reduced body weight, liver fat content, …

The results come from a multi-year medical research study released last week that examined health issues among U.S. Hispanic/Latino groups. "As a group, approximately one-third of Hispanics with the disease do not know they have diabetes," stated Larissa Aviles-Santa, the study’s project director and Medical Officer with the National Heart, …

FDA: No evidence to support the general use of aspirin to prevent primary heart attacks and strokes. See this week’s Item #4.

Maintaining a stable weight may help stem diabetes progression in adolescents with prediabetes in both higher and lower A1c ranges. Weight stabilization was associated with non-progression in both the 5.7% to 5.9% group (P

Testosterone therapy was associated with increased lean mass and lower fat mass in men with type 2 diabetes and low testosterone levels in a recent study. However, the treatment did not fare better than placebo in improving insulin resistance, glycemic control and visceral adiposity in patients, researchers reported in Diabetes …