Aspirin resistance – a concern among patients with type 2 diabetes who may be at high risk of heart disease – may be attenuated by aggressive glucose-lowering therapy….

Diabetic foot ulceration was associated with a nearly 2-fold increased risk for all-cause mortality above that of diabetes alone, according to a meta-analysis of 8 studies….

The more time people spend sitting, the greater their risk of diabetes, cardiovascular events, and death….

Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women with a mean age of 50 significantly reduced the risk of the combined end point of mortality, MI, or heart failure….

Aggressive treatment with ranibizumab during year 3 may be more effective for diabetic macular edema (DME) than less-intensive treatment, according to 3-year outcomes from an ongoing randomized published clinical trial….

Zonisamide worked for certain obese adults, but not without side effects….

Timing is everything and without a doubt this is true when it comes to eating, obesity and weight loss. This week’s Clinical Text from JOSLIN’S DIABETES DESKBOOK – A Guide for Primary Care Providers gives us some clues as to why and when your patients eat can affect their diabetes …

Amy P. Campbell, MS, RD, CDE, and Richard S. Beaser, M.D. The weeks excerpt answers the following questions: How important is timing of meals? How flexible can meal timing be? What is the traditional gauge to measure obesity? What are the forces that can affect the ability to achieve a …

  In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, with part 3 of our series on infections in patients with diabetes, we focus particularly on infections on the feet and legs including diabetic foot ulcers as well as osteomyelitis….

A kidney stone is a solid mass developed from crystals that separate from the urine within the urinary tract. Kidney stones can contain various components. The most common type of stone contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate. A less common type of stone is caused by an …