Does hyperglycemia lead to diabetic kidney disease?…

Over 30,000 people in the U.S. have cystic fibrosis and there are about 1,000 new cases a year. Most of these are diagnosed by the age of two and during their lifetimes they will need a lot of life-saving meds. Forty years ago the average survival age was 18 years …

  With this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we wrap up our short series on cystic fibrosis with slides covering guidelines for treatment as well as some promising new therapies….

There has been so much press over the failure of the ACA website that everyone wants to blame someone. You would think that a government that could fly a drone by remote control 11,000 miles away could get this correct. The continued pressure to make it work does not seem …

Important Urgent Product Recall FreeStyle® and FreeStyle Lite® Test Strips For more information, follow this link: Abbott Recall

  Teen Toolkit  This guide from JDRF offers practical advice to help address the questions most common to teens with T1D — mood swings, academic performance, friendships, driving with T1D, and many others — so that parents and teens know what to expect and can enjoy this unique time in …

GlucoTrack – Experimental Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitor  Integrity Applications has developed a non-invasive blood glucose monitor. The device uses a patented combination of ultrasonic, electromagnetic, and thermal technologies which measure three distinct criteria to provide an accurate blood glucose measurement. GlucoTrack is battery-operated and includes a Main Unit (MU), which contains …

Cardiovascular disease risk in early adulthood differs according to the pattern of change in body mass index (BMI) during the transition from adolescence to adulthood, according to a recent study. The highest risk for diabetes among women at age 29 was for those whose BMI had been elevated since age …

A managed care intervention that increased benefits and lowered out-of-pocket expenses for participation in a weight loss program was associated with high rates of participation, improvements in cardiovascular risk factors, and lower increases in direct medical costs. Healthy Blue Living (HBL) is a commercial insurance product that provides strong incentives …

Pistachios are rich in protein, monounsaturated fatty acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. They are also relatively low in saturated fatty acids and contain no trans fatty acids or cholesterol. And they contain resveratrol and phytochemicals, compounds that are associated with reduced risk of CVD and a few other chronic health …