Effectiveness of Pharmacist-Administered Diabetes Education and Management Services Diabetes management services from clinical pharmacists achieved significant improvements in A1C values and reduced costs of $59,040.
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New Diabetes Form Found by Norwegian Researchers
A research group in Bergen has discovered a new form of diabetes. In addition to high blood sugar levels, the disease is characterized by a decrease in pancreatic functioning and reduced fat absorption in the intestine.
Read More »Reports of New Onset and Worsening Diabetic Macular Edema for Patients Receiving
Reports of New Onset and Worsening Diabetic Macular Edema for Patients Receiving Rosiglitazone In the majority of these cases, the patients also reported concurrent peripheral edema
Read More »Vitamin E Helps Combat Heart Attacks for Those with Diabetes
A new study, published in the November issue of the journal “Diabetes Care” has indicated that about 40 per cent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E supplements.
Read More »Pioglitazone Reduces Signs of Metabolic Syndrome
Pioglitazone treatment of nondiabetic patients with metabolic syndrome appears to reduce atherogenic features of this condition, Philadelphia-based researchers report.
Read More »Exercise Helps Speed Wound Healing 25% in Older Adults
The body’s ability to heal even small skin wounds normally slows down as we age. But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent.
Read More »High Cholesterol in Diabetes May Harm Vision
Aggressive treatment to lower high cholesterol in patients with type 1 diabetes, could protect their vision as well as their cardiovascular health, a new study suggests.
Read More »It’s the Fats Not the Carbs that Cause Type 2 Diabetes
Fatty diets that involve large amounts of meat and dairy products encourage diabetes by disrupting the work of a single gene responsible for insulin production, scientists have found.
Read More »Summary of Revisions to ADA Standards of Medical Care for Diabetes
Published in the 2006 ADA Clinical Practice Recommendations are the new A1c goals for individual patients, which was changed to 6%
Read More »Alcohol Cuts Diabetes Risk in Older Women
Moderate alcohol consumption appears to have a protective effect against type 2 diabetes in older women.
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