Blood glucose monitoring at least once a day is associated with reduced A1C levels and greater adherence to medication in type 2 diabetes patients who do not take insulin…. 

Eating a cup of beans or lentils every day may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar and possibly reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke…. 

Having more of seven heart-healthy behaviors translates to a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease, but only 0.2 percent are meeting all seven criteria…. 

Data from a regional stroke registry suggest that stroke may be shifting from a disease of the elderly to a midlife health concern…. 

Women with high thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and thyroid autoimmunity in early pregnancy have a fourfold risk for developing gestational diabetes and a threefold risk for delivering low-birth-weight neonates…. 

Electrical stimulation (ES) at specific acupuncture points could relieve gastroparesis symptoms associated with diabetes, such as nausea, vomiting, early satiety, abdominal fullness, upper abdominal pain and bloating….

Over the past few weeks we have been sharing excerpts from Diabetic Emergencies: Diagnosis and Clinical Management on how to manage diabetic ketoacidosis in adults, and you have made this series one of the most read ever.  This week we are excited to bring you a fifth Clinical Text excerpt …

Case Study 1           A 32-year-old male with type 1 diabetes since the age of 14 years was taken to the emergency room because of drowsiness, fever, cough, diffuse abdominal pain, and vomiting.

  In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we wrap up our short series on infections to which diabetes patients are particularly vulnerable. Methods of prevention are outlined as well as important information on one of the most deadly types of infections, necrotizing fasciitis….

I have spent the past 10 weeks criss-crossing the country talking to pharmacy groups about the value pharmacists add to the care of hypertension through MTM (medication therapy management). Many Part D providers have established their own telephonic MTM departments and these pharmacists work with patients on an individual basis. Last …