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Type 2’s get better control with basal insulin and a correction before meals….

            This week we have a short quiz. If you’ like to review the topic a little more before taking the quiz, just follow this link to our previous excerpt at Diabetic Emergencies – Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults.  

FDA Approves LifeScan’s iPhone Diabetes App    After almost four years, Johnson & Johnson company LifeScan has announced the launch of a Bluetooth-enabled glucose meter and companion iPhone app. The new LifeScan app works with the OneTouch Verio Sync Meter and similar software is embedded in the OneTouch Verio IQ …

FDA has launched an investigation on an unpublished study suggesting that incretin mimetics are associated with pancreatic cancer…. 

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) poses a double impact in glucose control in women with the highest level of insulin resistance….

Diabetes survival rates are decreasing and the death rate for individuals with pre-diabetes increased from 11.19 to 14.02 deaths per 1,000 person-years….

Just 3 times a week home-based DVD exercise programs can be effective….

Diabetic patients have an impaired ability to heal wounds, so there is a critical need to develop new treatments to improve healing….

Brown fat plays an important role in diabetes and metabolism because of its ability to metabolize glucose and fatty acids….

Small changes have big impacts and knowledge is golden….