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by Janine Manning, PharmD Candidate LECOM School of Pharmacy   New technological advances over the past decade have led to extraordinary changes for those living with diabetes. Technology has allowed us to go from simply writing glucose values on paper to storing this information into glucometers or even using apps …

Neuropen® The Neuropen from Owen Mumford is the only dual function screening device with replaceable monofilaments. Peripheral neuropathy cannot be excluded without regular foot screening in conjunction with symptomatic and clinical assessments. The Neuropen device includes: neurotip test for assessing reduced sensation to sharpness/pain in small nerve fibers with a …

New recommendations slightly higher than those of leading diabetes group….

A fingerprick test that shows ketones in capillary blood is more specific than a urine dipstick for identifying diabetic ketoacidosis….

Both short- and long-term measures of blood glucose can be used to predict the risk of retinopathy….

Lowering blood pressure early during acute stroke did nothing to improve outcomes and may actually impair patients’ ability to live independently later on….

Getting lots of dietary fiber appears to reduce the risk of dying — particularly from cardiovascular, infectious, or respiratory diseases….

If untreated, a large proportion of people who develop proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) will experience severe loss of vision within 5 years….

Researchers are challenging guidelines that urge diabetes patients to cut back on salt in their diet….

Although zinc may be helpful in treating and preventing the common cold in otherwise healthy individuals, the benefits come at the expense of some side effects, a Cochrane review showed….