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Facts of Diabetic Eye Disease: another American becomes legally blind from diabetic retinopathy every 30 minutes. There is no independent tracking of irreparable vision loss from other eye diseases commonly associated with diabetes (retinal vascular occlusion, AION, glaucoma)….

For the complete article, The Incretin Effect, and information on other aspects of GLP-1 treatment, please visit Novo Nordisk’s diabetesinamerica at www.novomedlink.com/diabetes/diabetes-in-america.

Leading experts, Anne L. Peters, MD, Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, Robert R. Henry, MD, Richard Bergenstal, MD, and others, share their thoughts on GLP-1 therapy….

New Vibe Insulin Pump with CGMS Animas’ Glucose-Monitoring Insulin Pump OK’d in Europe. Animas said it has received a CE Mark in Europe for its Animas Vibe product, which the company said is the first continuous glucose monitoring-enabled, waterproof insulin pump system for people with diabetes. The product is also the …

Conventional glucose control monitoring methods may not be as meaningful in diabetes patients with end-stage renal disease, researchers found. Patients on dialysis will normally show a lower A1c than they actually have, giving patients and physicians a false sense of security.… The Gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients …

The first randomized, placebo-controlled study of a polypill has suggested that use of such a product in primary prevention could bring about a halving of heart disease and stroke events….

Carbohydrate quantification is an effective and safe strategy to manage glycemia and improve QoL.…

A high-fat diet during pregnancy may program a woman’s baby for future diabetes, even if she herself is not obese or diabetic.…

A natural product called DLPC (dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine) increases sensitivity to insulin and reduces fatty liver.…

Defective skin barrier function, as evidenced by common filaggrin mutations, may predispose patients to type 2 diabetes.…