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A research team led by a Michigan State University professor has discovered a link between diabetes and bone marrow nerve damage that may help treat one of the disease’s most common and potentially blindness-causing complications.

Contrary to the widely-held belief, there is no proof that non-insulin-dependent patients with Type 2 diabetes benefit from glucose self-monitoring. This is the conclusion of the final report of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG).

Faster, easier test could help reduce number of undiagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Prehypertension is associated with cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance. However, whether subjects with prehypertension have more diabetes risk is not known. Researchers David R. Mullican, MD, Carlos Lorenzo, MD, and Steven M. Haffner, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, examined whether prehypertension is a risk factor for …

The purpose of the study is to summarize evidence about the diagnostic accuracy of the 5.07/10-g monofilament test in peripheral neuropathy.

A Blacksburg, VA, medical company says it is a step closer to finding a potential cure for Type 1 diabetes, tapping pigs as a source of healthy beta-cells. So far it has been successful in monkeys for more than a year. 

Biodel, Inc., announced that it has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clearance to market VIAject(R) as a treatment for diabetes.

Standard therapy still recommended over steroid injections, researchers say.

Pharmacists could be the missing link in controlling blood sugars.The role of pharmacists hasn’t received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce treatment costs and improve outcomes.

Inherited genetic variations exist between whites and blacks living in the U.S., leading to less efficient metabolism of glucose and predisposition to diabetes in blacks.