MySentry Wireless Monitor Medtronic Inc. has announced it received regulatory approval for the first remote glucose monitor that will let parents check the blood sugar of a diabetic child sleeping in another room. The mySentry monitor, which costs about $3,000, works with Medtronic’s MiniMed Paradigm Real-Time Revel System, an insulin …

A new study showed that babies born in southwestern Ohio after 1970 were an estimated 1 pound heavier and more than half an inch longer compared with babies born in earlier decades. Researchers found that modern babies and counterparts in previous generations were about the same size by age 1. …

The addition of off-label metformin to insulin therapy to improve insulin sensitivity, promote weight control, and reduce insulin dose requirements in patients with type 1 diabetes, has been assessed in systematic reviews.…

Experts examine 25 diet plans and rate them in different ways.…

Medtronic Inc. has announced it has received regulatory approval for the first remote glucose monitor that will let parents check the blood sugar of a diabetic child sleeping in another room.…

Insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1 positively linked in diabetes patients following gastric bypass surgery….

Researchers found that children whose mothers developed gestational diabetes are at an increased risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at age 6, especially if they are from families with low socioeconomic status.…

A longitudinal analysis found that, the longer one has an excessive BMI, the greater the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but race and young age also are risk factors.…

Excess calories, not mix of protein, fat, or carbohydrate, key in causing obesity.…

According to the results of a systematic review, not all practice guidelines on oral medications for type 2 diabetes are consistent with available evidence, and guideline quality varies widely.…