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Recent scientific evidence and better tools to monitor for hypoglycemia helped establish the new position statement…. Anne Peters, MD, FACP, professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, said during a press conference at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions, “Our goal here is to present …

Treatment of prediabetes and prevention of type 2 diabetes reduces cardiovascular risk…. 

Early studies are showing that the use of vasodilators to lower BP may be related to development of early-stage age-related macular degeneration….

A daughter’s poor health may lead to an increased risk in their parent’s health…. 

An investigational agent, lenvatinib, has shown favorable activity when compared with a placebo with high response rates and delayed disease progression….

Women with diabetes were at 40% to 50% greater risk for developing and dying from coronary heart disease than diabetic men, and sex disparities in pharmacotherapy didn’t appear to explain the excess risk…. 

Weight loss at any age in adulthood is worthwhile because it could yield long-term heart and vascular benefits…. 

More aggressive treatment of depression needed in older patients with diabetes…. 

New published research describes how aspirin acts on key skin cells called keratinocytes, delaying skin repair at wound sites….

The cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes are well established, so much so that type 2 diabetes has been described as a cardiovascular disease presenting as a metabolic disorder. Patients with type 2 diabetes are particularly at risk for atherosclerosis; so medications with ancillary vascular benefits are particularly useful, …