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Adequate glycemic control is 48% and health insurance coverage among Latino diabetics is 52.4%…. 

  Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   The most common cause of type 1 diabetes (over 90% of cases) is T cell-mediated autoimmune destruction of the islet beta cells leading to a failure of insulin production. The exact aetiology is complex and still imperfectly understood. However, it …

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a series which Dr. Stanley Schwartz presented at the 2014 ADA Scientific Sessions, where he outlined some of the problems with the current diabetes classification system. This first section discusses the definition of LADA and shows how diabetes diagnosis characteristics frequently overlap….

SUDOSCAN: Early Identification of Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathies  SUDOSCAN+ is a test that provides an accurate evaluation of sweat gland function focusing on small nerve fibers within the peripheral nervous system innervating the sweat glands. SUDOSCAN+ measures the ability of the sweat glands to release chloride ions in response to an …

Low-carbohydrate diets should be the first line of attack for treatment of type 2 diabetes, and should be used in conjunction with insulin in those with type 1 diabetes…. Conducted by a consortium of 26 physicians and nutrition researchers, the study suggests the need for a reappraisal of dietary guidelines due to the …

New review of the pathogenetic and therapeutic implications shows that both diseases share similar complications…. 

Women who had been on hormonal contraceptives before conception were 1.43 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy compared to women who were not on contraceptives, researchers found….

The positives and negative effects of new anti-diabetic agents….

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of vision loss among working-age adults…. 

In a study, patients with differing levels of brown fat cells were exposed to mild cold to stimulate the cells’ activity….