Patrons of fast-food restaurants may see packets containing statins next to the ketchup and salt at the self-serve counter if the suggestion of British researchers becomes reality… 

A 14 year study indicates that Type 2 diabetes is more likely to be developed by lower income women than their counterparts making more money. But the study also says some additional factors may be the culprit too…. 

Engineered skin significantly improved healing of diabetic foot ulcers compared with other advanced biologic therapies, according to an analysis of a larger wound care database…  

In diabetic children with insulin pumps, lowering the basal insulin rate after exercise can prevent nighttime hypoglycemia, a new study shows…  

It seems like every time we get something new we forget about the old. Just last week I got a frantic call from an experienced, well-controlled, Omnipod patient who had not replaced her pod and had to inject insulin with a syringe. She was at lunch with friends and had …

Artificial Heart Now Sold Online The maker of the only FDA-approved temporary total artificial heart has opened an online store to take orders for the device and its accessories. SynCardia Systems launched the site this week to make ordering the devices easier, faster, and more accurate. Anyone can browse through …

Lilly Insulin Pens Being Discontinued Lilly will no longer be manufacturing the original Prefilled Pen that contains Humalog®, Humalog® Mix75/25™, and Humalog® Mix50/50™ as of January 1, 2011. In addition, there is currently a limited supply of the original Prefilled Pen devices containing the Humalog brand of insulin. The limited …

GPS for the Grocery Store: New Food Rating System Consumers’ growing demand for nutritional guidance spurred the creation of NuVal’s labeling system. NuVal’s labeling system evaluates foods based upon more than 30 nutritional attributes, including positive ones such as fiber and negative ones such as saturated fat. It uses a …

Roche Diabetes Care Highlights Infusion-site Management with Awareness Week: One of the many challenges for people with Type 1 diabetes is management of the infusion site, the place where a needle or plastic tube is inserted under the skin for administering insulin. Management of the infusion site involves choosing, cleaning …

What We Can Do to Combat Obesity: This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2009, no state had met a target of reducing obesity prevalence among adults to 15 percent. Dr. Teresa Quattrin from the CDC states that, “People are eating more, and eating less …