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Carcinogenic effects occurred at 20mg/kg and the acceptable daily intake for humans is 50 mg/kg.

For a condition that is largely preventable, the costs of treating diabetic foot disease is over 10 Billion dollars a year. To prevent amputations, all that is required is a 10-gm monofilament that cost less then fifty cents!

Continuous, Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Device, Shows Positive Results in Clinical Trials The device is worn on the arm and transmits the information to a palm device, watch device or phone.

Restless legs syndrome can be a major cause of sleep disruption in this population.

Foot ulcerations are one of the most serious complications of diabetes, resulting in more than 80,000 lower-leg amputations each year in the U.S. alone. “Nearly one in 40 diabetes patients will develop foot ulcers every year and more than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation.

Those With Diabetes Will Triple and Will Claim 622,000 Lives Annually by 2025.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified healthcare professionals regarding the potential for falsely elevated glucose readings in patients tested using glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH-PQQ)–glucose monitoring systems after receiving other sugars.

Sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults who are being treated with cholesterol-lowering statin medications do not know their target cholesterol goal according to the results of a new consumer survey.

Sleep disturbances appear to increase the risk of developing diabetes in men but not in women, according to a Swedish study.

Evidence that a woman will be in danger of developing diabetes or heart trouble may appear by the time she is only ten or 11 years old. The evidence is the presence of tummy fat.