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Lack of financial and staff resources, poor clinical information systems, physician workload and resistance to change were all barriers to care using best management processes.

Attention to certain toxicities can delay the deterioration of beta-cell function.

A study, presented by Dr. Paolo Pozzilli of the Bio-Medical University Campus in Rome, suggests that an insulin pump may be the best way to control diabetes from the start.

Study shows improved outcomes with the use of the continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) designed for home use (MiniMed, Sylmar, California).

Cost of medical care for a person with diabetes: $10,071 per year, compared with $2,669 for a person without diabetes.

We are what we eat, or so the saying goes, but new research suggests that we may be what our parents and grandparents ate as well.

Vascular surgery should not be withheld from patients with diabetes. Even though during 5 years of follow-up, patients with diabetes had about a 50% mortality rate, compared with about a 25% rate among the other patients in the series.

In the past several months I’ve written a few pieces about immunomodulation of type 1 diabetes, or attempts to suppress the immune attack on insulin-producing beta cells. These studies have involved compounds that rein in the immune system in a more or less specific way, and all have been tested …

More aggressive treatment for the newly diagnosed provide better outcomes in the future

Metformin reduces hepatic glucose and improves insulin sensitivity in type 1 diabetes.