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Metformin use has been associated with significant disturbances in acid-base balance.

What is the best strategy to target LDL-C levels and improve cardiovascular outcomes?

Cardioprotective effects of the drug are focus of research.

Can statins provide neuroprotective properties in diabetes patients?

People who have diabetes are usually taught to purchase protective soft leather shoes with a wide toe box. That doesn’t mean everybody who has diabetes follows those recommendations. A woman, type 2 diabetes, who is knowledgeable about diabetes and foot complications was wearing cloth shoes with a “corded” bottom and manmade rubber sole. She was caught in the rain. Her shoes were soaked.

Is pioglitazone a viable option for patients with insulin resistance and recent stroke or myocardial infarction?

A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has identified the genetic cause for a rare syndrome in children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes.

We have studies that show exercise for older women is very beneficial; new study shows benefits for the young.

Does insulin cause more deaths and cardiovascular outcomes than GLP-1 agonist receptors?

In part 3 of this exclusive interview, Dr. Eckel discusses the new PCSK9 Inhibitors and their LDL-lowering effects, and why they are beneficial for statin-intolerant patients.