As we come to the holiday season there is a lot to be thankful for but some people are going to have a lot better Christmas than others. These "lucky schemers" have figured out a way to make millions by defrauding the Medicare Part D dry plan. A report released …

Bristol-Myers Squibb Selling Global Diabetes Business  Bristol-Myers Squibb is selling its global diabetes business which includes the blockbuster drugs Byetta, Bydureon, and Onglyza, to AstraZeneca. 

PROTECT iT – The Intelligent Texture Sock    Therapeutic diabetic socks help to relieve discomfort, provide warmth, and prevent bacterial growth. PROTECT iT, the "Intelligent Texture" sock has multi-zone construction providing increased protection for sore-prone areas with silver ions within the fibers to inhibit bacterial growth, fungus and odor.   

According to updated analyses of the effects of weight-loss surgery from 164 studies, following 161,756 patients aged about 46 with a BMI of 46, BMI loss five years after surgery ranged from 12% to 17%, complication rates ranged from 10% to 17%, and the reoperation rate was about 7%. Among …

Among more than 7,200 older women, the average amount of time spent in sedentary behavior was 9.7 hours each day, or 65.5% of their waking hours. Researchers noted that about one-third of sedentary periods lasted approximately 30 minutes. JAMA 2013;310:2562-3 

In a recent study, secure messaging was the most popular choice for diabetes patients in post education programs, followed by in-person and phone-based interventions. However, fewer patients in the secure messaging arm finished the intervention compared with the other group, researchers found. The complexity of secure messaging may have played …

A potential new treatment option for T2 diabetes…. 

New preliminary data is in…. Sanofi, the maker of Lantus (insulin glargine), finished more phase III studies on their newest formulation of insulin glargine, U300, and discussed their results at the World Diabetes Congress 2013 in early December. The study results have not yet been published but researchers reported that the …

Post market study results…. 

What the studies really say….