Resources

A widely used test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes could help identify millions of people with undetected diabetes, according to a consensus statement released by a team of experts.

It’s in your fridge and now, scientists are studying it to help patients with type one diabetes. Lettuce could soon help the millions of people in the United States diagnosed with this chronic disease.

Pfizer Inc announced that, in patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 35 percent over those taking Lipitor 10mg.

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment appear more likely to have earlier onset, longer duration and greater severity of diabetes, according to a new report.

New research indicates that even in the absence of peripheral neuropathy, patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus are prone to impaired ankle function.

Contrary to an earlier epidemiological study, rosiglitazone use is not associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, according to a new report.

Long-Boot, Valve Assembly and Heart Monitor Many people with diabetes are at risk of developing wounds on their feet that just won’t heal

Our new intern, Kate Messamore, PharmD Candidate, University of Florida has reviewed Neurophysiological Pathways to Obesity: Below Awareness and Beyond Individual Control written by Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH, at the RAND Corporation. This is some unbelievable information you have to read.

When our publisher, Steve Freed, BSPharm, and I first got together it was because I had found a soluble fiber product that lowered cholesterol levels and seemed to help control glucose levels. Steve explained that this fiber worked as a “bile acid sequestrant. Now he has found a whole class …

Is this the magic pill we have all been waiting for? Can you enjoy the benefits of exercise without the pain of exertion? Forget treadmills and spin classes? The answer may one day be yes — just take a pill that tricks the muscles into thinking they have been working …