The iPhonECG The iPhonECG uses a slim, low-power sleeve with a couple of electrodes on the back to provide clinical-quality cardiac event readings. You can either hold it in your hands to get a reading of your pulse, or place it on the patient’s chest. The sleeve can also work …

The FDA has declined to approve the Afrezza inhaled insulin device pending further data, device maker MannKind announced. The whistle-sized inhaler was designed to administer mealtime doses of powdered insulin in metered, single-use cartridges but ran into problems with the FDA over a redesign. More studies requested. FDA limits amount …

Most People Want to Know the Risk of Getting Diabetes: Researchers from Tufts Medical Center led a study of more than 1,400 people to determine if people would be willing to pay for a new blood test that would indicate the chances of developing a disease but would not help …

Asian Americans Show Higher Diabetes Rates: Despite being thinner, Asian Americans are more likely than whites to have Type 2 diabetes and the problem is growing, a new study which included 230,500 U.S. adults, finds. Diabetes rates rose over time reaching 8% among Asian adults and 6% among whites. Genes …

Resistance May Increase Risk of CVD in Type 1 Diabetes: The Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1 Diabetes (CACTI) study assessed the role of insulin action on peripheral glucose utilization and nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) suppression in predicting coronary artery calcification (CAC) in Type 1 diabetes. Compared to subjects without …

Risk factors differed between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients, with diet nonadherence more prominent in Type 1 diabetes and….

Eighteen months after starting a probe of potential cancer risks associated with insulin glargine (Lantus), the FDA still hasn’t decided whether the concern is justified….

Sitting around too much is associated with a worsening of several cardiometabolic risk factors, an analysis of NHANES data revealed….

People who spend two hours or more a day in front of a screen during their leisure time — primarily watching television — have more than double the risk of cardiovascular events over four years compared with those who spend less than two hours a day in front of a …

Measuring glycated hemoglobin levels may be an appropriate means of catching patients with prediabetes.…