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Although many older diabetes patients have good bone density scores, they are as prone to fractures as people with osteoporosis.…

Data presented this week confirm the high prevalence of masked hypertension in African Americans, with investigators reporting that masked hypertension is prevalent in 45% of African Americans during any single office visit….

People who get plenty of omega-3 fatty acids in their diets may have lowered odds of developing type 2 diabetes, two new reports suggest….

The estimated 10-year risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults with diabetes has declined significantly in the past decade, U.S. data show.…

Dapagliflozin significantly improved glycemic control and was well tolerated among treatment-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes and those unresponsive to prior treatment with glimepiride or metformin.…

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….

A lot of people with type 2 diabetes delay going on insulin for as long as possible because they’ve heard horror stories about how much weight it can make them gain (or maybe they just don’t like shots), but people with type 1 don’t have a choice. While it is …

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. RS was referred to an endocrinologist by her GP: “Mrs. RS is a 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes. She has a strong family history of hypercholestaemia, hypertension and cardiac …

This week we finish up our Homerun Slides series from Dr. Aaron Vinik.…

Recently I saw a type 1 DM patient diagnosed in 1980 at 15 years of age. She had not seen an educator in quite some time but had changed from NPH/Regular to Lantus & Regular….