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High Glucose Levels Identify Patients at Risk for Pneumonia Death

Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012

Patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia and elevated blood glucose levels were more likely to die than those with normal glucose levels.

New Strategies for Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012

Researchers are trying new approaches to treat type 2 diabetes amid widespread uncertainty about the most effective therapies and concerns that current strategies might be doing some patients more harm than good.

New Position Statement on Diabetes for Older Adults

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012

Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people.

A New Diabetes Drug Improves Blood Sugar

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2012

Gevokizumab, a new diabetes drug, may improve fluctuations in blood sugar and reduce inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes....

Reducing A1c a Little Less than 1 Point Reduces CV Risk by 45 Percent

Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012

Diabetes patients who responded to glucose-lowering treatment also improved their risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes....

Closed-loop Artificial Pancreas Works

Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012

Closed-loop insulin delivery, also known as the "artificial pancreas," may help improve overnight glycemic control in the youngest patients....

Interim Gastric Band Results Show Remission of Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, June 05, 2012

The remission rates of type 2 diabetes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are influenced by the duration of disease, according to interim results from the APEX study....

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults often Misdiagnosed

Posted: Monday, June 04, 2012

Almost half of nonobese adult with poorly controlled diabetes have latent autoimmune diabetes that has been misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes....

New Team Approach Improves Diabetes Outcomes and Lowers Medication Costs

Posted: Monday, June 04, 2012

An integrated wellness team approach to diabetes care is helping patients lower their prescription costs and improve their condition....

New System Automatically Updates Weekly Insulin Dosage for Better Glycemic Control with Fewer Hypoglycemic Events

Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Newly published results from a clinical study of the Diabetes Insulin Guidance System (DIGS), demonstrate DIGS' potential to improve blood glucose control for insulin-using patients with type 2 or type 1 diabetes....