With insulin costing up to 100 dollars a vial, the Securitee Blanket at five dollars is great insurance that can prevent the vial from breaking if dropped. But even more importantly it can help prevent patients who use different insulins from picking up and using the wrong medication. Available at Amazon for …

Insulin Vial Protection by Securitee Blanket With insulin costing up to 100 dollars a vial, the Securitee Blanket at five dollars is great insurance that can prevent the vial from breaking if dropped. But even more importantly it can help prevent patients who use different insulins from picking up and using …

The average, annual healthcare cost for people without diabetes is approximately $4,400. But for people with diabetes, the cost is $11,700. And for diabetes patients with complications, the average annual cost rises to $20,700. Add to this the impact on work productivity and employer costs and the numbers increase considerably. …

The ADA recently recommended HbA1c testing for the diagnosis of diabetes, but its value for predicting Type 2 diabetes is not well understood. Researchers measured HbA1c in more than 900 subjects, ages 40 to 79 years, and recorded new cases of Type 2 diabetes in 15 years of follow-up, using …

CDC says most patients with high cholesterol or blood pressure have access to low-cost, effective treatment but don’t take advantage of it. Two out of three U.S. adults with high cholesterol and half of those with high blood pressure are not receiving effective treatment, according to a report in CDC …

Findings help refine understanding of why obese humans appear to be particularly vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes….

HbA1c blood test doesn’t work as well in kids as adults and we may need a lower threshold for children….

In hospitals, a blood glucose level of 180 mg/dl or less might be an appropriate target in people who have not been diagnosed with diabetes….

Despite significant advances in kidney care over the past 20 years, efforts to improve therapy for Type 1 diabetes patients with kidney dysfunction remain unsuccessful….

Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to “significantly accelerate” wound closure in diabetic mouse models….