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Women disproportionately affected by stroke but cause is unknown….

The pre-filled, single-use pen injector eliminates the need for patients to transfer the medication between a vial and a syringe…. 

Review looks at the benefits of bariatric surgery in obese and overweight patients with type 2 diabetes, as well as obese patients without diabetes…. 

Only 32% of hypoglycemic events were detected by parents or caregivers, despite glucose being self-monitored 10 times per day…. 

Are antibiotics or conservative surgery better for treating diabetic foot osteomyelitis?… 

Reducing the intake of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), especially in older patients, may help to slow down diabetes and Alzheimer’s epidemics….

Quality issues in the manufacturing plant prevents final approval…. The investigational type 2 diabetes drug empagliflozin won’t win the FDA’s approval until “previously observed deficiencies” at a manufacturing plant are fixed, the drug’s sponsors said last week. Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim said the FDA had issued a complete response …

But for those over 65, a higher protein intake may be beneficial….

Gene that makes a zinc transporter could be a new drug target….

Depression is up to twice as high among diabetes patients as in the general population….