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New safety warning delays Novartis diabetes drug, due to safety of the 100mg dose of its Galvus (vildagliptin) drug.

Excerpted from 50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes   By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM     There are certain benefits to be had from doing more intense exercise that some old-timers have recognized. Increasing exercise intensity even briefly works for everyone. For instance, in one study, unfit …

Paul Chous, M.A., O.D. and Type 1 diabetic since 1968 brings us an update on the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in the 21st Century

As National Diabetes Month kicks off, the UN designated November 14 as World Diabetes Day to highlight the chronic disease and promote actions to strengthen public health and health care delivery systems.

Once-Weekly Exenatide showed statistical superiority in glucose control compared to BYETTA in head-to-head study.

Dietary cod protein improved insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant individuals and could help prevent type 2 diabetes by reducing the metabolic complications related to insulin resistance, according to the results of a randomized, controlled trial.

Separate Report Finds People with Diabetes Doing a Better Job of Checking Blood Sugar 

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Among Adults with Diabetes – United States, 1997 – 2006,” found significant increases in daily monitoring of blood glucose levels among adults with diabetes.

One of the reasons for higher A1c’s for blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Asians may be attributed to biology and the way hemoglobin is glycated across those groups, rather then differences in care of differences in glycemic control.

According to the results of a new study, only a minority of children with type 1 diabetes reach their target level of glycated hemoglobin, even when using the best insulin delivery system currently available.