The incidence of diabetes progressively and significantly increased among patients with an HbA1c greater than 5.0%….
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Nitrates in Spinach Counteract Components of Metabolic Syndrome
Nitrates reduce oxygen consumption during physical exercise; however, they are also of potential significance to diseases involving mitochondrial dysfunction, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease….
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Rosiglitazone label updated to include elevated risk of cardiovascular events.…
Read More »A1c, Fasting Glucose and Future Risk of Elevated Depressive Symptoms
New data suggest that poor glucose metabolism and diabetes are risk factors for future depression in older adults….
Read More »Cold Viruses Appear Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
Along with other factors, these viruses may trigger the disease, researchers say….
Read More »Waistlines Expand Worldwide
Increase in waistlines may knock the earth of its axis….
Read More »Next GLP-1 (Lixisenatide) Achieves Positive Phase III Data in Type 2 Diabetes
Once-Daily Lixisenatide meets primary efficacy endpoint with fewer hypoglycemias than Exenatide twice-daily.…
Read More »HbA1c May Miss Diabetes in Adolescents
In comparison with results in adults with diabetes, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing in younger patients doesn’t have the same level of discrimination….
Read More »Did You Know? Average Error in Insulin Measurement among Healthcare Professionals and Patients
In a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine, healthcare professionals were asked to draw up a total of 5, 10, or 30 units of insulin as either human insulin 70/30 premix or a combination of regular + NPH….
Read More »Editor’s Note: Retinopathy, GLP-1 Agonists and More
Last week I took two of my interns to USF to watch a laser photo-coagulation procedure. The patient had very bad retinopathy and the physician was working hard to save what little vision she had left. Retinopathy is the number one cause of blindness in this country and the microvascular …
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