FDA Approves Novo Nordisk’s Echo Pen for Kids  The echo pen from Novo Nordisk is available in red or blue with a choice of skins. It records dose and time since last injection and can dose from 0.5 to 30 units for fine-tuning doses. NovoPen Echo will be available to …

A new study in Diabetes Care revealed hypertension, QT prolongation and hypokalemia were common in diabetes patients with severe hypoglycemia, possibly shedding light on how low blood glucose levels result in fatal arrhythmia and death. Type 1 diabetes patients were less likely than those with type 2 diabetes to have …

Obese people face nearly three-fold higher odds of dying from a flu infection and should be given priority access to flu shots, according to the authors of a new study. They found that the risk of dying increases at a BMI of 30 or greater.  The researchers analyzed 239 studies …

Women with shorter total sleep time also showed reduced exercise duration the following day, according to a small study. Results suggest that sleep influences next day exercise rather than exercise influencing sleep. The relationship between total sleep time (TST) and next day exercise was stronger for those with shorter TST …

The effect was strongest with people who were not obese…. 

Insulin pumps may be more effective at lowering blood glucose levels and associated with fewer complications than insulin injections in children…. 

Both clinical and patient-reported outcomes showed positive improvement…. 

A new "Diabetes-Specific Dementia Risk Score" could pave the way for selecting "high-risk patients for early intervention studies and for many applications of personalized medicine"… 

Is there an association between antipsychotic use in children and adolescents, and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes?….

Patients with diabetes who are taking fluoroquinolones are at a higher risk for uncontrolled blood glucose levels than those without the disease….