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Study Explains Weight Gain with Diabetes Therapy
Posted: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Weight gain from intensive glucose-lowering treatment is more likely in patients….

Noncompliance Linked to Mortality in Diabetes
Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes who are noncompliant with their medication or clinic appointments face increased all-cause mortality.

Intensified Treatment with Basal Insulin Improves Control and Weight Loss
Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Adding insulin detemir to a treatment regimen of metformin and liraglutide improved glycemic control and led to sustained weight loss for up to 52 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Insulin Pumps Can Increase or Decrease Insulin Dose when Flying
Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Changes in cabin pressure during flights may cause insulin pumps to deliver too much or too little of the medication -- possibly putting sensitive diabetes patients at risk, researchers report.

A 495% Increase in Annual Incidence of Unintentional Therapeutic Errors Involving Insulin
Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
Unintentional therapeutic errors involving insulin occurred primarily in adults more than 40 years old (73%) and occurred between the hours of 6-12PM.

For Those 60 Percent of Type 2 Patients Who Are Not in Control
Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Consider a GLP-1 plus a long-acting insulin.

Why Don't People Take Their Insulin as Prescribed?
Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Risk factors differed between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients, with diet nonadherence more prominent in Type 1 diabetes.

Race/Ethnicity Plays A Role in the Efficacy of Insulin Regimens
Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Latino/Hispanic, Asian, and African-descent patients with Type 2 diabetes show different metabolic responses to insulin therapy, dependent in part on insulin type and regimen intensity.

FDA Still Inconclusive about Lantus Cancer Risk
Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Eighteen months after starting a probe of potential cancer risks associated with insulin glargine (Lantus), the FDA still hasn't decided whether the concern is justified.

As Insulin Rises, Sense of Smell Decreases Potentially Affecting Desire to Eat
Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Acute, short-term insulin spikes increase the olfactory threshold and might be involved in regulation of food intake.

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