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Universal Healthcare Closer to Reality for U.S.

Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007

President Bush and candidates for President are all on board to push for Universal Healthcare. The 42 million people without health insurance, including those with diabetes may now have some hope.

U.S. Healthcare Contributes to the Complications of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2007

New report finds that the 46 million people who are uninsured and those with low income received the lowest quality of care and had the most problems with access to preventive health care.

Health Care Spending in the United States and Other Countries

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The issue is particularly acute in the United States, which not only spends much more per capita on health care than any other country, but which also has had one of the fastest growth rates in health spending among developed countries.

Intensively Managed Diabetes Costs $28,661 More Then Conventional Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Even at $28,000 more, the health care system says it represents a good value.

UN Passes Resolution Recognizing the Global Threat of the Diabetes Epidemic

Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2006

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a landmark Resolution recognizing the global threat of the diabetes epidemic. For the first time, governments have acknowledged that a non-infectious disease poses as serious a threat to world health as infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Statins in Our Drinking Water?

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

If Fluoride in our drinking water prevents cavities then why not statins? Statins found to reduce heart attacks by 29% and strokes by 14% in those without heart disease.

Three Years Later, Participants in the Diabetes Prevention Study Still Benefiting

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

The effects of lifestyle intervention on diabetes risk do not disappear after active counseling has stopped, a new follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study shows.

FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The counterfeit test strips potentially could give incorrect blood glucose values--either too high or too low--which might result in a patient taking either too much or too little insulin and lead to serious injury or death. No injuries have been reported to FDA to date.

One Billion People Overweight, 300 Million Obese Worldwide

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

For every four adults in the world who are malnourished five more are overweight, 30 percent of them clinically obese, according to the World Health Organization.

Role of Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring in Medicare Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is questioning whether or not Patients with Type 2 Diabetes benefit from self-monitoring of their blood glucose and should they pay for monitor and strips.