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Patients Beat Physicians at Insulin Dose Adjustment Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Type 2 diabetes patients taught to titrate their own insulin detemir (Levemir) dose may equal or exceed the results that physicians achieve, researchers reported.

Blood Glucose Monitoring for Non-Insulin Users Shows No Benefits Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Regular self-monitoring of blood glucose, at least by people with type 2 diabetes who do not use insulin injections, did not result in a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose control in a year-long study.

Fetus At Risk At Lower Levels of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

New Findings Likely to Lead to More Diagnoses of Gestational Diabetes.

New Study Shows No Increased Heart Risk With Avandia Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

Findings from an interim analysis of RECORD (Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of glycemia in Diabetes), shows further proof the safety of Avandia.

FDA Orders New Safety Labels for Rosiglitazone (Avandia) and Pioglitazone (Actos) Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

The FDA Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., told a congressional hearing that the FDA will beef up the cardiovascular warnings on the labels of both rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos).

Type 2 Diabetes Tied to Brain Atrophy in the Elderly Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

Type 2 diabetes has a negative effect on brain tissue volumes and regional cerebral perfusion in elderly patients, according to researchers.

Predicting Severe Hypoglycemia Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Severe hypoglycemia often follows a specific blood glucose fluctuation pattern that is identifiable from SMBG.

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Can Occur Soon After Diabetes Appears Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Dramatic losses of a key biochemical substance in heart muscle tissue occur in the very earliest stages of diabetes, according to a new study.

Lack of Diabetes Care in Nursing Homes Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

We have guidelines on how to mange diabetes for the outpatient and the hospital patient, but we have no guidelines for treating people in nursing homes and the results of a study showed that only 38 percent are at goal.

Elderly Diabetics Life Expectancy is Reduced Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

People who develop diabetes late in life often suffer from a range of diabetes-related complications, and their life expectancy is shorter than that of nondiabetic individuals of the same age, a new study shows.

 

 

 

 

 

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