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A drug used to treat lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis and other immune disorders may enable newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetics to save some of their pancreas function and thereby reduce their susceptibility to long-term complications.

Researchers fail to replicate a 2003 report of a way to cure Type 1 diabetes, but they all agree on one thing, that it is possible to cure diabetic mice and one day perhaps people.

A simple tablet-dispensing device led to a significant and clinically relevant improvement in HbA(1c) levels.

Earlier diabetes onset may prolong the time to ESRD.

Mean adjusted cost savings per patient was $1,580.

Short-term metformin treatment lowers testosterone concentrations, increases the likelihood of menses, and improves HDL cholesterol levels in adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Fluid retention, the investigators conclude, is not caused by improvement of the vascular actions of insulin.

Compared to use of sulfonylurea alone, the insulin-sensitizing drugs metformin and the thiazolidinediones appear to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes.

Chronic kidney disease is rising rapidly worldwide and is becoming a global healthcare problem, warn experts in this week’s BMJ.

A 10-second maximal sprint after moderate-intensity exercise reduces the risk of post-exercise hypoglycemia in young, otherwise healthy patients with type 1 diabetes.