Medical group practices can reduce costs for patients with diabetes by investing in improved quality of care….

Sixty percent of boomers are likely to download an app recommended by a physician, but the question is how to get them to use it…. 

Dr. Elisabeth R. Mathiesen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark stated that, "Based on this study, the FDA in the USA finds it safe to use insulin detemir in pregnancy."… 

Life expectancy significantly increased among individuals with type 1 diabetes during a 30-year, long-term prospective study….

All drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) are more effective than their bare-metal counterparts in diabetic patients, without any compromise in safety, but it is likely that the everolimus-eluting stent is the most effective DES in the diabetic population, a meta-analysis shows…. 

Last week, the new drug Lucentis was approved to treat diabetic macular edema…. 

A large new observational study found more evidence of an association between daily aspirin use and modestly lower cancer mortality, but suggested any reduction may be smaller than that observed in a recent analysis…. 

By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)…. 

We often discuss the value of physical activity with our diabetes patients, and focus on how this helps control glucose levels. When it comes to our insulin-using patients, we add information about exercise induced hypoglycemia as well. This week our Clinical Text goes into detail on the use of physical …

Dinesh Nagi       The prevalence of diabetes is rising rapidly worldwide, and certain developing nations are currently going through an upsurge of type 2 diabetes of epidemic proportions.1