Less than a third of youth with type 1 diabetes are meeting recommended A1c targets….
Read More »Longer Use of Insulin May Increase Risk of Cancer
Patients with diabetes who have had the disease a longer period of time are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than those who have had diabetes for a shorter time….
Read More »Elderly Patients Benefit from Group Education
Compared with younger adults, older adults get greater glycemic benefit from participating in self-management interventions in small groups….
Read More »Simple Interventions Reduce Amputations by 50%
Simple things like shoe inserts, foot care and regular checkups can reduce amputations among patients with diabetes by more than half….
Read More »Fetuin-A Levels Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Link between high fetuin-A and lower cardio risk modified by T2DM, obesity, insulin resistance….
Read More »Metformin or Glipizide to Prevent Cardiovascular Events?
Compared with glipizide, long-term therapy with metformin leads to a reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Up and Down Dieting in Older Women Causes Heart Damage
Wake Forest University researchers report that older women who lose weight and gain it back again may be increasing their risk for heart disease….
Read More »Breast Cancer Survivors Have Higher Diabetes Incidence
According to the findings of a population-based observational study, postmenopausal breast cancer survivors have a modest but meaningful increase in the incidence of diabetes….
Read More »Higher Diabetes Risk for Relatives with Psychosis
Relatives of patients with schizophrenia are at higher risk of developing diabetes….
Read More »Diabetes vs. Cancer
People with type 2 diabetes who are diagnosed with cancer ignore their diabetes in favor of cancer treatment but uncontrolled high blood sugar weakens their immune systems and is more likely to kill them than cancer….
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