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Elderly adults with normal cognition at baseline who used statins had a slower rate of annual worsening in cognitive decline than nonusers….

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration of the new Affordable Healthcare Act with a short series on Provider Evolution. In this first set, we’ll cover Trends in US Healthcare Spending, the Costs of US Healthcare (as compared to other countries), and Value-based Purchasing….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD INTRODUCTION The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)1 was a landmark medical study conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). …

New Audible Glucose Meter, the Solus V2  A fully audible talking meter, the Solus V2 is the second version of the talking blood glucose meter from BioSense Medical Devices. The V2 in the name of both the original and new meter refers to vision and voice, not version. Besides telling you what …

According to an Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS), high calcium serum concentrations are associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes…. 

Results from a new study presented at the 2013 EASD meeting suggests having more than one child lowers mortality risk for men and women with diabetes…. 

Social deprivation, in addition to A1c and age, is tied to the increased risk of mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes…. 

According to a new meta-analysis, orlistat reduced waist circumference significantly…. 

Many patients taking long acting insulin are still not at goal. Adding linagliptin may be an effective way to get to goal and reduce blood sugars….

Diabetic patients have a higher mortality rate after undergoing a PCI after an acute myocardial infarction….