According to two separate reports in the June issue of Diabetes Care, during rapid changes in blood glucose levels, testing is significantly more accurate when blood is sampled from the fingertip than from the arm or thigh.

American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria for diagnosing diabetes in obese patients underestimate the prevalence of the disease, according to a comparison by researchers in France.

The atorvastatin-fenofibrate combination reduced total cholesterol by 37%, LDL cholesterol by 46%, TGs by 50%

The Diabetes Atorvastatin Lipid Intervention (DALI) Study: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Silent myocardial ischemia was the most sensitive predictor of coronary events

Top 10 Diagnoses in Family Practice Office Visits in 2001 % of Office Visits Hypertension NOS 8.4% Diabetes Mellitus, Uncomplicated 3.4% Chronic Sinusitis NOS* 2.8% Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections NOS* 2.7% Bronchitis NOS* 2.4% Hyperlipidemia NEC**/NOS* 2.2% Acute Pharyngitis 2% Depressive Disorder NEC** 1.8% Routine Medical Exam 1.8% Otitis …

Technology to use GLP-1 to make stem cells into beta cells.

Prospective data from the Verona Diabetes Complications Study

A model developed by researchers in the UK uses readily available clinical variables to predict the absolute risk of a first stroke in people with type 2 diabetes.

The type of fat you eat can turn you into a pear or an apple shape