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Aggressive management of diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department (ED) can quickly correct associated hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis.

One-third of the population sleeps 6.5 or fewer hours, far less than the 8 hours that many sleep specialists recommend, which can impair the body’s processing of glucose.

The partners of patients with type 2 diabetes experience at least as much depression and anxiety as the diabetic patients themselves, especially if they are female.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, sildenafil (Viagra) improves flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), an index of nitric oxide-dependent endothelial function, according to a recent report.

Nanomized Insulin made of smaller particles and reduces number of daily injections.

Can improving diabetes treatment reduce the risk for falls?

Simvastatin minimizes oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction brought on by the cumulative effects of postprandial hypertriglyceridemia and hyperglycemia seen in type 2 diabetics.

Insulin resistance, a condition commonly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes, is likely a major cause of kidney disease, or nephropathy, in people with type 1 diabetes.

Insulin resistance is most predictive of diabetic nephropathy in the long-term, according to the results of a 10-year prospective study published in the September issue of Kidney International.

Eli Lilly & Company will pay up to $325 million to Amylin Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in San Diego, for the rights to a potentially promising treatment for diabetes.