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Group medical clinics are a potent strategy for improving blood pressure but not A1c level in diabetic patients as previous studies have shown…. 

This study supports the concept that high dietary glycemic carbohydrate is associated with a higher prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents….

Study shows visually impaired people can use insulin pens even though the labels on the popular insulin pen used by people with diabetes warn against visually-impaired people using pens to measure out and administer their insulin dosage….

Patients with Type 1 diabetes who have higher than recommended A1c levels may benefit from treatment with sitagliptin….

Results of two related trials investigating the effects of statins on urinary protein excretion and kidney function found atorvastatin (ATV) protective and rosuvastatin (RSV) unprotective, and possibly harmful, in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.…

A community-based health intervention styled after the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) helped adults at risk for diabetes lose significant amounts of weight and pull their belts in by a notch or 2, reported investigators…. 

A study has compared two intensive therapies to lower blood glucose levels in patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The findings reveal the efficacy and safety of both insulin and triple oral therapy.… 

Individuals with a high resting heart rate and a low beat-to-beat heart rate variability have an increased risk of developing kidney disease, according to a study….

Findings suggest associations of short sleep duration and snoring with glucose intolerance and GDM…. 

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have found that an enzyme with several important roles in energy metabolism also helps to turn off the body’s generation of fats and cholesterol under conditions of fasting….