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Replacement of subcutaneous injections of regular insulin by Generex Oral-lyn at lunchtime in adolescent and young adult patients with Type-1 diabetes was associated with overall adequate glycemic control and similar A1c concentrations.

Women who are physically active before pregnancy are less likely to develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and the GDM risk also rises with the amount of pre-pregnancy television viewing, a new study shows.

In patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes, persistent hyperglycemia and episodes of severe hypoglycemia are associated with reductions in gray matter density in several brain regions, investigators report.

Study found that variability between fingertip-to-fingertip and palm-to-fingertip measurements was in the clinically acceptable range during steady-state conditions and when glucose was rapidly changing.

The mortality rate due to diabetes from 1989 through 1991 increased by 61 percent when compared to the 3 year period of 1999 through 2001.

The glycemic index, a current hot diet trend, “does not seem useful in understanding how diet impacts health, it only makes life more complicated for those trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle.” says the author of a new study.

Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes may be adversely affected if blood glucose monitors and related testing supplies are included in Medicare’s competitive acquisition program expected to start in 2007.

Some instances of recurrent hypoglycemic coma among adolescents may be induced by the patients who self-administer too much insulin, purposely.

A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.

The first symptom of a heart attach for those with diabetes is usually death! Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center, say that the discovery may lead to ways to reduce heart attacks in diabetes patients.