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A pair of new epidemiology studies confirms that chronic kidney disease independently increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, even among people with early kidney disease and after considering other risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.

The Glucon Solution CGMS Uses Photoacoustics, a unique combinatorial technology which is superior to optics alone. It attains blood glucose measurements directly from inside the blood vessels and is an improved method both for specificity (identification) and sensitivity (detection of level changes) of the glucose measurement. To learn more how …

Paul Chous, M.A., O.D. Doctor of Optometry Type 1 diabetic since 1968 Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new blindness for persons under age 74 in the US. Recognized risk factors for the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy include disease duration, poor glycemic control, hypertension and disease sub-type. …

About 58% of diabetes patients given an experimental transplant of pancreatic cells are able to live without insulin injections a year later, Canadian and U.S. doctors reported last week.

Finding may have implications for testosterone replacement in this population.Glucose and insulin components of the metabolic syndrome appear to be linked with hyperandrogenism in postmenopausal women.

Ingap showes the ability to enhance nerve growth which suggests its potential I peripheral nerve disorders.

Treatment with subcutaneous insulin lispro in a non – ICU setting is a safe and effective treatment for uncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis.

Vitamin D is needed for insulin to be released effectively and vitamin D supplements given to breastfeeding mothers and young children reduced the incidence of Type 1 diabetes by 60%

Evidence continues to mount that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have significant blood pressure-lowering effects independent of their beneficial effects on cholesterol levels.

Scientists in India say they have found a way to administer drugs to diabetics that could make daily injections of insulin a thing of the past.