Risk of colorectal cancer in men with diabetes was 49% higher than that in men who didn’t have diabetes, results from a study of 45,000 men.

FDA approved a real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system (Guardian RT, made by Medtronic, Inc.) for the management of types 1 and 2 diabetes in patients aged 18 years and older.

While thumbing through a new book on the plane to Washington, I found the perfect tool. Ian Blumer, MD, the author of Diabetes for Canadians for Dummies has a great description of What Type of Diabetes Do You Have?. If you only have a minute to spend with your patients …

New Artificial Pancreas invented that can measure glucose and inject insulin.

Scientists have discovered a gene that plays a role in the most common type of type 2 diabetes, and they say the discovery could pave the way to a targeted treatment.

Study provide further evidence of increased platelet aggregation and activation in type 2 diabetics compared with nondiabetics, even in the presence of dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel.

In diabetic patients with coronary disease, treatment with perindopril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), helps protect against major cardiovascular events.

Moderately high insulin levels are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers and beta-amyloid in cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting a causal link between hyperinsulinemia and Alzheimer’s disease.

18% of oral contraceptive users developed macroalbuminuria compared with 2% of nonusers.

Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of mortality in women, results from a study of 5,721 asymptomatic women.