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In patients with Type 1 diabetes, the presence and severity of chronic kidney disease predicts all-cause mortality, according to a new report. 

By activating one gene, researchers can reprogram cells to produce insulin, according to a study in the journal Cell. 

The researchers propose that the development of Type 1 diabetes may in part be due to increased levels of this new gene.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators released a new position statement to help guide diabetes educators on how to help older adults with diabetes.  The position paper, “Special Considerations in the Management and Education of Older Persons with Diabetes,” is now available.

A research team at the Toronto General Research Institute discovered a novel function of a hormone found in the gut that might potentially lower glucose levels in diabetes.  

For the first survey of its kind for diabetes educators, they found that the average diabetes educator has a median salary of $64,900 per year, has a bachelor’s degree and is 51 years of age, according to the 2008 Salary Survey released during the AADE’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta. 

A drug used to remove iron from the body could help doctors fight one of diabetes’ cruelest complications — poor wound healing — which can lead to infection and amputation. 

Noninvasive imaging (MRI) may aid physicians in the early diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Scientists have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose.

After careful consideration, Eli Lilly and Company has decided to stop producing Humulin® 50/50. Use of this insulin has been declining and it is estimated that about 3000 patients nationwide will be impacted by this discontinuation. The insulin Humalog 50/50 is still available.