Letting patients email their clinician and access their records online was associated with more, not fewer, telephone calls, office visits, and clinical services in general….
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A drug that was initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetes patients has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s sufferers….
Read More »Four-Fold Increase for Chronic Liver Disease for Type 1’s
Patients with type 1 diabetes displayed a greater risk for developing chronic liver disease, including a fourfold prevalence for cirrhosis, compared with the general population….
Read More »Diabetes Tied to Hearing Loss
People with diabetes may have a higher risk of hearing problems than those without the disease….
Read More »More on EU’s Approval of Dapagliflozin
Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca stated they have received approval from the European regulators for the first in a new class of diabetes medicines that work independently of insulin to control blood sugar….
Read More »Can Drinking Black Tea Reduce Diabetes Risk?
Study found lower rates of type 2 disease in countries where beverage is most popular….
Read More »Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses to Increase by 12%
The new threshold for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes may overwhelm the healthcare system….
Read More »Statins for Patients with Diabetes: Risk Analysis
"Although it does appear that statins may increase the chance of diabetes in high-risk patients, this should not stop us from using these drugs, as this small risk is outweighed by the substantial reduction in cardiovascular events."…
Read More »Retinopathy Improved with Ranibizumab
Researchers found that ranibizumab (Lucentis) may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy….
Read More »Dose-Response Relationship between Vitamin D and Type 1 Diabetes
A correlation has been found between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence of type 1 diabetes….
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