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As National Diabetes Month kicks off, the UN designated November 14 as World Diabetes Day to highlight the chronic disease and promote actions to strengthen public health and health care delivery systems.

Once-Weekly Exenatide showed statistical superiority in glucose control compared to BYETTA in head-to-head study.

Dietary cod protein improved insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant individuals and could help prevent type 2 diabetes by reducing the metabolic complications related to insulin resistance, according to the results of a randomized, controlled trial.

Separate Report Finds People with Diabetes Doing a Better Job of Checking Blood Sugar 

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Among Adults with Diabetes – United States, 1997 – 2006,” found significant increases in daily monitoring of blood glucose levels among adults with diabetes.

One of the reasons for higher A1c’s for blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Asians may be attributed to biology and the way hemoglobin is glycated across those groups, rather then differences in care of differences in glycemic control.

According to the results of a new study, only a minority of children with type 1 diabetes reach their target level of glycated hemoglobin, even when using the best insulin delivery system currently available.

According to a study of 1,667 poor, uninsured patients with diabetes, linking doctors’ pay to how well they follow treatment guidelines can improve quality of care but not health outcomes.

Lowering LDL levels to below 64mg/dL, showed the greatest benefits.

Rates of pregnancy loss and neonatal deaths are similar among women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, investigators in New Zealand report, but the causes of pregnancy loss vary between the two groups.