Diabetes and Social Security  For your patients with diabetes who need financial assistance we have this PDF for you: Diabetes and Social Security Benefits  

Pro Therapy System  Cupron, Inc. has announced the development of an antifungal sock for patients with diabetes called the Pro Therapy System. Made with copper, the antifungal technology is embedded in the fibers of the sock, and as a result, its effectiveness will not diminish over time. The sock effectively …

The benefits of acarbose on cardiovascular risk may be related to its stimulation of GLP-1 secretion. Blood was drawn from 24 subjects with drug-naïve T2D at 0 and 120 min following a standard mixed meal to measure active GLP-1, NO and NOS. The CIMT was measured prior to and following …

Overweight shoppers who got a flier with health-related information as they entered a grocery store spent about $1.40 on unhealthy snacks, compared with $4.80 spent by those who got a comparison flier without the cues, researchers reported. International Journal of Obesity Sept, 2013 

Diabetes patients whose full-body MRIs showed "vascular changes" had a 20% risk of heart attack or stroke at three years and a 35% risk at six years compared with those whose results did not reveal changes, a study indicated. Scientists found that scanning the body with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Three different types of weight loss interventions were examined for their effects on blood pressure, lipids, glucose, insulin resistance, and inflammation in obese participants….

A few minutes extra of high intensity exercise can have a significant effect on prevention of weight gain….

Eating foods rich in amino and fatty acids may help preserve beta cells for up to two years…. 

Chronic inflammation may be a significant risk factor for both heart disease and diabetes…. 

Diabetes patients are at risk regardless of presence or absence of other risk factors….