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New data suggest that poor glucose metabolism and diabetes are risk factors for future depression in older adults….

Along with other factors, these viruses may trigger the disease, researchers say….

Increase in waistlines may knock the earth of its axis….

Once-Daily Lixisenatide meets primary efficacy endpoint with fewer hypoglycemias than Exenatide twice-daily.…

In comparison with results in adults with diabetes, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing in younger patients doesn’t have the same level of discrimination….

In a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine, healthcare professionals were asked to draw up a total of 5, 10, or 30 units of insulin as either human insulin 70/30 premix or a combination of regular + NPH….

Long-Term Complications and Treatments Steve V. Edelman, MD Robert R. Henry, MD Microvascular Complications Retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy are the major microvascular complications of Type 2 diabetes. Prevention, early detection, and aggressive treatment are essential to reduce associated morbidity and mortality. Good metabolic control has been clearly shown to prevent the …

Aspirinpod For those who are at risk for a heart attack, Aspirinpod has recently launched its Aspirinpod emergency aspirin container — a small heart-shaped container that can be carried on a key chain. Aspirinpod is a reminder to have aspirin with you at all times in the event of a …

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD     You can’t avoid all the latest headlines about the rapidly growing diabetes epidemic –there are just too many. A recent report by health insurer UnitedHealth Group estimated that more than half of Americans will have diabetes or prediabetes by 2020 if current trends …

“We’ve all been brought up to think insulin is the all-powerful hormone without which life is impossible, but that isn’t the case,” says Dr. Roger Unger from UT Southwestern Medical Center….