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Pre-existing Conditions Covered by New High-Risk Insurance Pools

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010

Beginning July 1, individuals with pre-existing health conditions as diabetes are eligible to enroll in a temporary high-risk insurance pool, courtesy of the health care reform law.

Study Finds Visually Impaired People Get Insulin Pen Dosages Right

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010

Study shows visually impaired people can use insulin pens even though the labels on the popular insulin pen used by people with diabetes warn against visually-impaired people using pens to measure out and administer their insulin dosage.

Diabetes and Cardiology Groups Stay Firm on Rosiglitazone

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010

In response to new Medicare data showing greater elevations in stroke, heart failure, and death risk with rosiglitazone compared with pioglitazone (Actos), the AHA issued a statement to the media reiterating its stance that there are insufficient data to support the choice of one over the other. And both the AHA and the ADA emphasized the need for patients to be informed of the new evidence, but not to panic.

Mortality Lower with Metformin

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010

Metformin use may reduce mortality by 33% among patients with Type 2 diabetes who are at risk for cardiovascular events, researchers say.

First-in-Class Novel Drug Lowers Blood Glucose and Weight

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010

In early trials, a novel sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor appears to improve glycemic control and reduce weight among patients on metformin, researchers reported.

New and Novel DPP-4 Reduces HbA1c Alone and in Combination

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010

A novel dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor -- linagliptin -- showed improved glycemic control as monotherapy, as an add-on, and in combination with other oral diabetes medications, researchers reported.

Red and Processed Meat Diets May Increase Diabetes Risk

Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010

An Atkins-style diet that emphasizes animal protein may actually be linked to higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes, according to a large observational study.

Antioxidants Increase Insulin Sensitivity

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

A diet high in antioxidants may help increase insulin sensitivity and enhance the effects of metformin, according to a small study.

Circadian Clock in Pancreas Linked to Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have found that there also exists a circadian clock in the pancreas, which regulates the production of insulin, and that a fault in this clock could eventually cause diabetes.

Potential for Diabetes Patients to Create Their Own Insulin

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Researchers have used a unique collection of pancreas specimens taken from patients who died soon after diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes to show that they respond to the ongoing process of destruction by inducing their islet cells to proliferate.