The new edition of this acclaimed title provides a practical guide to the risks and benefits of undertaking sport and general exercise for patients with diabetes.

This week we wrap up our nine-part series of Homerun Slides on An Aggressive Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes with information on Therapy for Type II Diabetes, Non-Insulin Therapy for Type II Diabetes, Concurrent Therapy….

Glooko Connects Glucose Meters to iPhones for Tracking Diabetes Glooko is a cable that turns an iPhone into a log book which can generate different kind of reports. The special cable works on 7 of the most popular glucose monitors. Plug it into both devices and it downloads daily readings. …

FDA Panel Votes in Favor of Weight Loss Drug Qnexa An FDA advisory panel has voted 20-2 to recommend approval of the weight-loss drug Qnexa, but urged the agency to require a post-approval trial to monitor for cardiovascular side effects.

The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $10 million in fiscal year 2012 funding for the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. The NDPP is an initiative, authorized in 2010, which provides local communities with lifestyle change programs for preventing type 2 diabetes. “Expansion of the NDDP will allow …

Insulet and LifeScan have entered a partnership through which the latter’s OneTouch blood-glucose monitoring technology will be integrated into the former’s OmniPod Personal Diabetes Manager. They will develop a new PDM for the OmniPod tubeless Insulin pump system and expect to bring it to market in 2013. It will work …

In patients with moderate dysglycemia or early type 2 diabetes, A1C and FPG levels are strongly related and this relationship is impacted by oral therapies but not affected by geographic region or patient ethnicity….

Scientists have discovered that problems controlling blood sugar may begin in the intestines.…

You’ve probably heard that Medicare now covers an additional set of preventive services, such as intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease risk and obesity, and screening for depression. But do you know the rules concerning these services or the G-codes for them?…

Millions of people with diabetes won’t die from that disease but instead from heart disease.…