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Patients with prehypertension who take blood pressure-lowering therapy have a highly statistically significant 22% reduced risk for stroke….

Clues to development of the pancreas provided by rare genetic disorder could lead to diabetes therapy.…

Adding lixisenatide to metformin and insulin glargine significantly reduced glycated hemoglobin levels and improved post-prandial glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes….

Taking antihypertensive medications at bedtime rather than in the morning has been shown to be associated with an increase in bedtime BP decline toward a dipping pattern and better BP control and reduction in urinary protein excretion….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction  There is no widely accepted precise definition of what adolescence is, but it is commonly referred to as the transitional period between childhood and adulthood.

This week we wrap-up our four-part series of Homerun Slides covering AGEs, with slides on Supplements, Pharmacological Agents Under Investigation, More Common Pharmacological Agents, and Metabolic Activation Therapy (MAT)….

Melanie Sulistio, MD, Curtis Carothers, MD, Mandeep Mange, BS, Mike Lujan, BS, Rene Ofiveros, MD, and Robert Chilton, DO Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and across the world, and better therapies are constantly being sought to improve patient outcomes. Recent studies have brought …

Sanofi iBGStar™ iPhone Blood Glucose Monitor Sanofi has received FDA approval to market and sell the first blood glucose monitor that attaches to the iPhone and iPod Touch, converting it into a glucose meter. The readings are automatically downloaded to the iBGStar App for logging. The app can also be …

Sanofi presented fresh data which it says reinforces the safety profile of Lantus, hours after dismissing claims in a study that using the diabetes treatment more than doubled the risk of developing cancer….

A combination of two insulins reduced abnormally low blood sugar in diabetes patients….