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Hypothyroidism is associated with increased HbA1c and glycated albumin levels despite normal blood glucose levels, which can lead to misdiagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes, researchers report….

Defining the ideal injection techniques when using 5-mm (3/16 inch) needles or longer in children and adults is important to prevent from injecting intramuscular instead of intradermally and increasing the risk for hypoglycemia….

A new study has linked the popular over-the-counter dietary supplement glucosamine with a risk of developing diabetes….

The addition of a vitamin-D receptor activator, paricalcitol (Zemplar, Abbott Laboratories), to therapy in patients with diabetic nephropathy reduces albuminuria and risk of kidney failure….

A controlled resistance exercise program without weight loss increases strength and lean body mass, improves hepatic insulin sensitivity, and decreases GPR without affecting total fat mass or visceral, hepatic, and intramyocellular fat contents….

A pill combining saxagliptin (Onglyza) and extended-release metformin as a once-daily diabetes medication has won FDA approval….

At a time when patients are increasingly turning to social media such as Facebook for information about medical conditions and their treatment, a new study raises disturbing questions about the accuracy of the information on these sites….

Research on insulin-sensitizers can pave the way to identifying a novel therapeutic strategy for the management of prostatic enlargement in insulin-resistant individuals….

Beginning dialysis therapy earlier in the development of advanced kidney disease appears to be associated with a greater risk of death for some patients in the following year, according to a report….

Vitamins and supplements in the U.S. are big business: half of all Americans routinely take them at the rate of about $23 billion dollars every year….