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Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a recent study.

Novartis receives FDA approval for Valturna®, a single-pill combination of valsartan and aliskiren, to treat high blood pressure. Valturna combines in a single pill valsartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker, with aliskiren, the only approved direct renin inhibitor. Valturna is the first therapy to target two points within the renin angiotensin …

  By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM     Arm and Shoulder Injuries The most common problems affecting the arms and shoulders are carpal tunnel syndrome (wrist), tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), rotator cuff tendinitis in the shoulder, and frozen shoulder (i.e., adhesive capsulitis). Most, but not all, involve tendinitis, which occurs …

The Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, run by Denise L. Faustman, MD, PhD, is moving rapidly through the clinical trial challenge to test and possibly establish a vaccine using a generic drug, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse Type 1 diabetes. 

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced a partnership that will expand counseling options for patients while offering community pharmacies a path to be compensated by Medicare and other insurers for diabetes management.

When metformin and a sulfonylurea or a glinide fail to bring Type 2 diabetes under control, adding pioglitazone may do the trick, French research suggests.

In patients with Type 1 diabetes and kidney disease, several serum markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction are associated with increasing prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy, investigators report.

Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) may be a better predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults versus body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a study.

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in mothers is associated with improvements in cardio-metabolic markers in their offspring that are sustained into adolescence, according to a published paper.

For patients with Type 2 diabetes, increased health care spending on risk factor control seems to be paying off, according to results of an economic analysis just released.