Patients with both Type 1 diabetes and CKD have an increased risk of adverse outcomes….
Read More »Beware of Alcohol after Gastric Bypass
One glass of wine will raise alcohol levels significantly more after gastric bypass surgery, and affect the patients driving skills.…
Read More »New Way to Diagnose Retinopathy
An accidental discovery by an Australian eye expert may hold the key to better management of people with diabetes.…
Read More »Gastric Banding Associated with Relatively Poor Long-Term Outcomes
In a study of 82 patients who were evaluated 12 or more years after undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity, a majority of patients reported that…
Read More »Early-warning Diabetes Test
Experts believe a simple blood test could spot diabetes up to 10 years before the first symptoms of the disease occur….
Read More »Insulin-Releasing Switch Discovered
Johns Hopkins researchers believe they have uncovered the molecular switch for the secretion of insulin, providing for the first time an explanation of this process….
Read More »Kentucky Becomes First State to Require Licenses for Diabetes Educators
AADE says the move will ensure the delivery of high quality diabetes education and should be replicated by other states.
Read More »Potential New Diabetes Diagnostic Test
The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die — by toxic imbalance of a molecule secreted by other pancreatic cells….
Read More »The Last Straw for Avandia
With the results from this newest study on Avandia, there are very few if any reasons to keep patients on this medication….
Read More »Duration of Diabetes Linked to Raised Heart Risk
More than 17 years of Type 2 disease doubles the odds of a first heart attack….
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