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We continue to see healthcare costs rising and those with diabetes will certainly feel it the most. Let’s hope that the new president will do something to help. Consider getting involved with one of the presidential candidates after viewing their ideas on improving healthcare in this country.

The use of 80mg of atorvastatin reduced the relative risk of major cardiovascular events by 35% in patients with diabetes and CKD (20.9% vs 13.9%) and by 10% in patients with diabetes and normal eGFR (14.1% vs 12.8%).

The angiotensin receptor blocker telmisartan (Micardis) failed to significantly prevent ischemic events among patients who cannot tolerate angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, researchers found.

New evidence explains why patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery get their diabetes symptoms under control quickly — often within days — while those who have lap-band surgery do not.

Adiponectin is inversely linked with the risk for type 2 diabetes in women, but resistin is not, according to the results of a prospective, nested case-control study. The study authors suggest that adiponectin may be a marker for type 2 diabetes.

New observational analysis of the ONTARGET study shows that lower is not necessarily better when it comes to blood pressure in this patient population, with coronary heart disease or diabetes plus additional risk factors. Although there was evidence that lower was better in terms of stroke, there was a suggestion …

As part of a bipartisan push to quell the nation’s obesity epidemic, those gathered at the Republican National Convention heard speakers call for more targeted physician training in keeping patients at ideal weights

Normal weight obesity isn’t an oxymoron. “The definition of obesity is having excess fat, not excess weight.

Finnish researchers report evidence that proliferative diabetic retinopathy, like diabetic nephropathy, clusters in families, suggesting that genetic factors play a role in its pathogenesis.

For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have?