Statins may increase the risk of nerve damage. But benefits still far outweigh the risk of neuropathy, which remains very low.
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Issue 110 Item 15 ADA: Nuts May Lower Risk of Diabetes
Nut consumption was inversely associated with risk of diabetes
Read More »Issue 111 Item 3 ADA: Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitor Tested in Diabetics Comi
ADA: Unlike currently available blood glucose monitors, which require finger prick or other invasive testing for calibration one or more times daily, a new blood glucose monitor presented at the American Diabetes Association 62nd Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, California, is completely noninvasive.
Read More »Issue 108 Item 6 Uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes is a Fat Catabolic State
It is not a protein catabolic state as previously thought.
Read More »Issue 110 Item 4 ADA:Treatment with a Sustained Release Formulation of GLP-1
Induces Weight Loss in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Read More »Issue 107 Item 12 Recent-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Develop Albuminuria
Albuminuria can develop rapidly within the first few years after the onset of type 2 diabetes
Read More »Issue 109 Item 10 Those with Normal Blood Pressure can Decrease Risk of Stroke a
ACE inhibitors cut the incidence of stroke, decrease stroke mortality, and reduce functional impairment following stroke in high-risk patients who have relatively normal blood pressure, reported Dr. Jackie Bosch and associates in the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study.
Read More »Issue 111 Item 13 ADA: Artificial Pancreas Safe and Effective
An artificial pancreas without the need for injections found safe and effective.
Read More »Issue 107 Item 1 New Impotence Drug Makes Sex More Spontaneous
Men with erectile dysfunction can have sexual intercourse for up to 36 hours after taking a single dose of Cialis
Read More »ADA: A ‘Breakthrough’ for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
LY333531, is the first drug to attack the cause of nerve-damaging diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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