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May reduce food cravings and diabetes risk…. 

   This week’s set of Homerun Slides continues our short series on the Affordable Care Act with two important sections, covering Private Health Insurance changes, and the new state-run Health Insurance Exchanges….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Prevention of β-cell Destruction and Preservation for Those with Existing Type 1 Diabetes Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD Role of Regulatory T-cells In moving these studies from bedside back to bench, …

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. have recalled about 92,000 vials of their jointly marketed type 2 diabetes treatment Bydureon in several European countries because some vials weren’t fully filled with the long-acting medication.

Humulin R U500 is a concentrated insulin that contains 5 times as many units of insulin per ml as U100. It is also dispensed in a 20 ml vial versus 10 ml for the U100. This often causes confusion for many clinicians, pharmacists, educators and pharmacy benefit plans when trying to …

Abbott FreeStyle Optium Neo  Abbott has received the CE Mark for FreeStyle Optium Neo Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System. Features include a high contrast icon-driven display, blood glucose trend indicators which visually notify patients when they are experiencing hypo- or hyperglycemic trends, and an insulin dose feature, which allows …

Lifestyle changes and metformin use reduces progression to full diabetes and risk of heart disease…. 

Individuals taking metformin and who have a vitamin B12 deficiency are associated with an impaired cognitive performance…. 

In a new meta-analysis, patients with type 2 diabetes who took cinnamon displayed improved fasting blood glucose and cholesterol levels, but showed no significant changes in HbA1c levels…. 

The management of fluids in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis has improved over the years, yet still has room for more improvement….