Australian doctors believe they have found the key to eradicating Type 1 diabetes, the kind that obliges sufferers to regulate their blood glucose levels every day of their lives.

Heart rate changes in anticipation of exercise may predict sudden death cardiac risk, researchers said. A pulse that quickened during the mild mental stress just before an exercise stress test doubled the risk of sudden death later in life.

The antiepileptic drug lacosamide is effective in reducing painful diabetic neuropathy without serious side effects, according to results from two phase 3 trials, one in the United States and one in the European Union, researchers reported at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 61st Annual Meeting.

According to a new study, preliminary research suggests that higher than normal levels of the protein albumin in urine is associated with an increased risk for blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or lungs (venous thromboembolism; VTE).

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Last week at The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2009 Conference everyone in hospital medicine seemed excited about inpatient glucose control. The NICE-SUGAR study drove interest and in a session on Friday morning Dr. Gregory A. Maynard, FACP, University of California, San Diego, weighed in on the subject.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Astra Zeneca reported last week that the FDA has determined it needs additional time to complete the review of the new drug application for Onglyza (saxagliptin)…

Results of a new study recently published suggest an association between aspirin use and a decreased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes…