A1C Chart Use our A1C Chart to see how an A1C test result correlates to eAG (average daily blood sugar). Download the A1C Chart   Our A1C Chart helps your diabetes patients convert their A1C percentage, or their average blood glucose level over 2 to 3 months, to their eAG …

Roche Insulin Delivery Systems recalls the ACCU-CHEK® FlexLink Plus infusion set because of the potential for under-delivery of insulin due to a kinked/bent cannula when inserting this infusion set.

Neuropen® The Neuropen from Owen Mumford is the only dual function screening device with replaceable monofilaments. Peripheral neuropathy cannot be excluded without regular foot screening in conjunction with symptomatic and clinical assessments. The Neuropen device includes: neurotip test for assessing reduced sensation to sharpness/pain in small nerve fibers with a …

Basal vs. Lispro Mix 75/25: This study compared the durability of glycemic control of twice-daily insulin lispro mix 75/25 (LM75/25: 75% insulin lispro protamine suspension/25% lispro) and once-daily insulin glargine, added to oral antihyperglycemic drugs in Type 2 diabetes patients. From the results it was concluded that a modestly longer …

Feeding Babies Solids Early Tied to Obesity: Formula-fed infants who start on solid foods before the age of four months have a higher risk of obesity by three years compared to those who start solid foods later‚ according to Harvard researchers. Researchers found no association between the timing of weaning …

A1c Cutoff for Elderly Needs to Be Lowered: A cross sectional study of 90 patients without previous history of diabetes underwent screening and had both oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and HbA1c done at the same time. These patients were stratified into 4 age groups. Researchers found that HbA1c of …

New recommendations slightly higher than those of leading diabetes group….

A fingerprick test that shows ketones in capillary blood is more specific than a urine dipstick for identifying diabetic ketoacidosis….

Both short- and long-term measures of blood glucose can be used to predict the risk of retinopathy….

Lowering blood pressure early during acute stroke did nothing to improve outcomes and may actually impair patients’ ability to live independently later on….