A Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon has found strong evidence that women over 45 are significantly less likely to be placed on a kidney transplant list than their equivalent male counterparts, even though women who receive a transplant stand an equal chance of survival.

Liraglutide appears to control glucose levels as well as does glimepiride when given with metformin, with the added benefit of weight loss, a new phase III trial has concluded.

President wants to computerize the nation’s health care records in five years. But the plan comes with a hefty price tag, and specialized labor is scarce.

Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, has just completed the book Your First Year with Diabetes: What to Do, Month by Month but she still found time to send me a New Years cartoon.

There is a new study out trying to show the link between intensive glycemic control and reductions, if any, in cardiovascular endpoints. The VA Diabetes Trial of 1,800 patients, showed like other, larger trials recently published, that there was no clinical benefit to intensive control in this population of patients. …

Sleep apnea very common in people with diabetes and it’s treatment can reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.

Xenotransplants may soon be a reality. A $2.5 million “pig palace”, housing and breeding facility in Australia to be completed in April.

A low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet improves glycemic control in obese type 2 diabetics, which allows some patients to reduce or eliminate their medication, according to results of a new study.

Gastric bypass surgery improves insulin sensitivity and glucose transport, according to a report

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is significantly more common in obese children with habitual snoring vs nonobese snoring children, according to the results of a study.