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A computer-aided insulin infusion protocol maintains glucose control in the ICU as effectively as a strict glycemic control protocol, and both of these methods are more effective than conventional treatment, researchers report.

Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital discharge, having lower rates of successful resuscitation and postresuscitation survival, although much of this survival difference was associated with the hospital in which black patients received care, according to a …

JDRF funded researchers have today added to the evidence that using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device can improve diabetes control.

Interview with Ralph L. Sacco, MD. Strokes are increasing in our diabetes patients as they age and tPA has been the standard of care in the emergency room, but within 3 hours or forget it. Now news from a new consensus from the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) …

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM     Prevention of Overuse Injuries If your nagging aches and pains are only minor, simply cutting back on how hard, how often, and how long you do the activities that irritate your joints may bring relief from your symptoms. In other words, give your …

Diamyd Medical announced last week that the company’s 4-year follow-up of Type 1 diabetes patients included in the company’s Phase II study shows a clear positive trend.

This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device senses that glucose levels have fallen to or below a user-selected threshold.

Effects on weight loss, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk: a randomised control trial.

We now have drugs that can replace the GLP-1 hormone and we have drugs that can reduce the destruction of GLP-1. Now we may have a drug that increases the production of GLP-1.

Juice extracted from North American lowbush blueberries, biotransformed with bacteria from the skin of the fruit, holds great promise as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent, showing a reduction in blood glucose by 35%.