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Pharmacy pilot program demonstrates importance of taking medications according to nationally established clinical guidelines. Just a simple program of monitoring medication compliance can have a major impact on the patient’s quality of life.

The risk of hip fracture before the age of 65 is increased to 1 in 15 among both male and female patients with type 1 diabetes.

A comparative study of two currently available subcutaneous glucose sensors — the needle-type CGMSgold sensor and the microdialysis-based GlucoDay sensor — suggests that both are valuable adjunctive tools for analyzing trends in glucose control.

New York adopted a controversial health-code regulation Wednesday that will make it the first American city to keep track of people with diabetes in much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or tuberculosis.

The more mental health conditions a person had, the less likely he was to be receiving optimum care.

Exposure to higher insulin levels and insulin resistance appears to influence the association between type 2 diabetes and pancreatic cancer.

Consumption of vegetables, fruits, and other plant foods seems to reduce the risk of elevated blood pressure, whereas intake of meat raises the risk.

Aspirin therapy is being used by fewer than one-third of the U.S. outpatients who would benefit from it.

The Food and Drug Administration last Friday began alerting health care professionals and patients about early results of new studies for Paxil (paroxetine) suggesting that the drug increases the risk for birth defects, particularly heart defects, when women take it during the first three months of pregnancy.

Fibrates Turn Off A Process In Cells That Causes Serious Complications Of Diabetes Fibrates shut off the process of converting glucose into sorbitrol.