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At the same time Levemir provides significantly improved glycemic control and reduced rates of hypoglycemia.

Inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes is independent of obesity, an observation that may partly explain the increased risk of cardiovascular disease among patients with diabetes.

A retrospective analysis of 69,418 patients with diabetes showed that elevated A1C levels were statistically significantly associated with higher risk of macrovascular events.

Each and every day more kids are diagnosed with diabetes. It seems that the incidence of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is growing at alarming rates. Laura Plunkett., BA Psychology, has made our jobs easier by writing The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes: Family Strategies for Raising a Healthy …

Researchers have concluded that your diet does play a role in preserving your mental function as you age, and so do health conditions. Dr. Sheri Colberg, author of The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, has found that diabetes can also affect mental function. …

There was a great deal of hubbub when the FDA asked Amylin Pharmaceuticals to notify prescribers about the small incidence of pancreatitis associated with Byetta®(exenatide). As usual the lay press and many medical papers went for sensationalism and overreacted. My intern Harine Sampaio, Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, University of Florida …

Gone is the insulin bong as Pfizer announces they have spent 2.8 billion on the marketing and development of the first inhaled insulin, but have received just 12 million in sales in 2007. This will be a great opportunity to educate those patients using Exubera.

Life can be sweeter if you cut out the sugar, say German researchers

Companies to Collaborate on the Development of Autoimmune Disease Treatments.

Merck & Co., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved expanded labeling for JANUVIA(TM) (sitagliptin), the only DPP-4 inhibitor available in the United States for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.