Glucon Continuous Glucose Watch uses Photoacoustics to map the influence of the glucose on the optical properties of the blood inside blood vessels. The company’s desktop prototype device, is currently undergoing extensive clinical trials. Suzuken Co., Ltd, Japan’s largest pharmaceuticals distributor, invested $14.8 million in Glucon to acquire exclusive rights …

HbA1c testing helps predict the likelihood that patients will develop diabetes in the future.

Despite normal growth and maturation, young people with type 1 diabetes appear to lag in bone development.

In preschool children with type 1 diabetes, twice-daily insulin injections fail to provide adequate glycemic control, with frequent and prolonged episodes of either hypo- or hyperglycemia.

Findings from a new study suggest that C-peptide replacement may be a useful treatment for painful diabetic neuropathy that occurs under insulin-deficient conditions.

Adherence to medication, measured by prescription drug claims data, is associated with intermediate clinical outcomes and may therefore be useful in clinical practice.

PPARs in atherosclerosis: the clot thickens

European study indicates that it’s never too late to get benefit from physical activity,

Mean plasma glucose concentrations increased by 0.5 mg/dL for each cigarette smoked per day.

Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) and insulin-treated diabetes have about a fourfold greater risk of dying compared with non-diabetic HF and non-insulin treated diabetic HF patients.