Fructose-induced hyperuricemia may contribute to type 2 diabetes…. 

Losartan prescribed to Pima Indians in the U.S. may help prevent diabetic nephropathy progression…. 

Many patients with diabetes do not obtain annual eye care…. 

Glucose fluctuation has an impact on carotid artery intima-media thickness in T2DM…. 

Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester, who last year identified a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice, have used an orally-administered compound to block the pathway, and prevented neurodegeneration in the mice….

Elderly adults with normal cognition at baseline who used statins had a slower rate of annual worsening in cognitive decline than nonusers….

Have you ever heard of the three letters, VBP? They stand for Value-based Purchasing and represent the latest tool to get high-quality, patient-centered, efficient, affordable healthcare. Our Homerun Slides this week cover Provider Evolution starting with VBP and how the new healthcare guidelines will affect all of us. Our Clinical Text excerpt …

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration of the new Affordable Healthcare Act with a short series on Provider Evolution. In this first set, we’ll cover Trends in US Healthcare Spending, the Costs of US Healthcare (as compared to other countries), and Value-based Purchasing….

New Audible Glucose Meter, the Solus V2  A fully audible talking meter, the Solus V2 is the second version of the talking blood glucose meter from BioSense Medical Devices. The V2 in the name of both the original and new meter refers to vision and voice, not version. Besides telling you what …

Data on more than 54,000 participants who were at least 45 years old revealed those who slept for six hours or less and those who slept for 10 hours or more showed higher prevalence of coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes, as well as obesity and anxiety, compared with those …