Researchers hope that Implanting a drug-coated, flexible, metal-mesh tube called a drug-eluting stent into the superficial femoral artery of the thigh, that the drug coating will make it more likely to prevent the blockage from recurring, as compared with uncoated stents, which fail to do so in about one-quarter of …

The prevalence of GDM has been increasing over the past 8 years by 12% per year.

Adopting a regular exercise routine for the first time later in life, reduces the development of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This message needs to be delivered by the primary care physician.

The level of Amadori-modified proteins — the intermediate products of glycation — may be useful for monitoring short-term glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.

A new generation of physicians believe maggots are one of the most effective ways of treating wounds infected by the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

The thiazolidinedione pioglitazone is as effective as metformin in reversing insulin sensitivity and hyperandrogenism in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but metformin is safer.

What’s happening with INGAP, the little protein that P&G spent $1,000,000,000 on. Our publisher Steve Freed is currently working on an update. To get up to speed on INGAP be sure to read INGAP UPDATE

Symlin (pramlinitide) becomes the first new treatment in 80 years for patients with Type 1 of the disease. Expected approval for next Amylin drug Extenitide next month

No significant difference was observed in the rate of insulin glargine decay on the 2 study days (exercise versus no exercise).

Higher intakes of green vegetables, fruit and berries, oil and margarine, and poultry were found to predict a reduced risk of type II diabetes.