People who tackle diet and exercise at the same time do better at making healthy changes….

Report analyzes the direct and indirect cost burden of diagnosed diabetes and is published as a Scientific Statement in the April 2013 issue of Diabetes Care….

Researchers looking at over 100,000 pregnancies find that gestational diabetes is one of the greatest risks for delivering a large-for-gestational age baby….

There is a lot of clamor about the new way of providing healthcare, and how quality becomes important to maximize reimbursement potential. A part of this quality initiative involves Value Based Purchasing. To help you understand the concept of VBP as it is called, we are providing you with a …

Konstantinos Makrilakis, MD, PhD Nikolaos Katsilambros, MD, PhD. The earliest symptoms of marked hyperglycemia are polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Unlike DKA, which usually evolves rapidly over a 24-hour period, symptoms in HHS develop more insidiously, often persisting for several days or even weeks before people seek medical attention and …

  This week we have the first set of slides in a three-part series examining current treatment practices of both cholesterol and diabetes, and some of the commonalities and differences between the two, and how value-driven healthcare can play a role in improving patient outcomes for both….

If you have been a little behind on reading your emails you might not yet have seen the special edition that we sent out on the new SGLT2-Inhibitors now that the first in class drug has been approved for sale in the US. Since we first put this together I …

Gmate iPhone 5 Smart Monitor  The Gmate® SMART meter is the only smartphone meter to connect directly to the new iPhone 5, without the need of a costly adapter. Features include: weighs less than 2 ounces; connects directly to the headphone jack; Gmate® SMART app available from the iTunes app …

Recent studies used electronic media including an internet program, computer game and a video game, to examine behavior changes such as an increase in fruit or vegetable consumption, increase in physical activity, and improved disease states. An increase in physical activity, weight loss, a decrease in systolic blood pressure, and …

Patients with early type 2 diabetes who took insulin-glargine injections showed reductions in atherosclerosis measures, while those who took omega-3 capsules did not. The findings suggest that fish oil supplements do not provide protection against atherosclerosis progression and should not be recommended to patients for that purpose, researchers said. Diabetes …