AADE says the move will ensure the delivery of high quality diabetes education and should be replicated by other states.

The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die — by toxic imbalance of a molecule secreted by other pancreatic cells….

With the results from this newest study on Avandia, there are very few if any reasons to keep patients on this medication….

More than 17 years of Type 2 disease doubles the odds of a first heart attack….

“It is proposed that, thresholds of 108 mg/dL for FPG and concentration of 6% for [HbA1c] level could be used to define those who are at risk of retinopathy,” study researchers said….

An Introduction to Group Visits The complex needs of today’s patients present a challenge to medical group physicians who try to meet patients’ needs within the constraints of the traditional office visit. Studies show that the median length of a patient’s face-to-face time during an office visit with a primary …

According to almost every clinician I talk to, it is becoming harder and harder to have enough time with our patients and get reimbursed for it. This is especially true for diabetes patients and is bound to get worse as patients only want to come one time to get help …

Evaluation of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California population indicated that patients with diabetes are also very likely to have both dyslipidemia and hypertension….

Are we starting to pay more attention to the challenges our diabetes patients face each and every day? This week Novo released a study showing the value of their three times a week insulin and how it compares favorably to once a day dosing (Item #7, Study Finds Three Times-a-Week …

OraMoist is a breakthrough dry mouth patch that has been specially developed to alleviate parched, dry mouth, lock in moisture for hours, and restore a healthy oral environment.  OraMoist is a small, tablet sized dry mouth moisturizer patch that adheres to the roof of the mouth or the inner cheek. …