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Patients with baseline triglyceride levels of 200 mg/dL or more who were treated with 150 mg gemcabene daily had an 18% increase in serum HDL cholesterol levels and a 27% reduction in serum triglyceride levels.

Will fluctuations in blood glucose readings effect the HbA1c ?

Quality of care for patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus-a long-term comparison of two quality improvement programs.

Screening for diabetic retinopathy: a cause for concern in people who drive.

Many times these drugs are combined so patients will get gemfibrozil (Lopid, etc) to lower triglycerides and increase HDL. But gemfibrozil inhibits the CYP450 enzyme that metabolizes Avandia which will boost Avandia levels which, increases Avandia’s glucose lowering effects. This can lead to hypoglycemia in patients who use Avandia along …

Having a pharmacist on the rounding team of a general medical unit reduced adverse drug events (ADEs) by 78%.

A 20-year follow-up of the Finnish Twin Cohort Study shows the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and the risk for diabetes.

Testing the Accelerator Hypothesis: The relationship between body mass and age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.

Will young adult patients with diabetes still develop renal involvement during the first 10 years of diabetes duration, even with good control, the question answered from The Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden.

Impaired glucose tolerance a major factor, but not so for impaired fasting glucose.