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FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label

Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012

The FDA said that all statins must carry warnings about increased risks of elevated blood sugar and possible transient memory and cognition problems, but at the same time the agency removed a standing recommendation for routine liver function tests for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Doctors Finally Advising Patients to Exercise

Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012

The number of doctors in the US telling patients to get physically active has increased in the past decade. New research shows that, in 2010 alone, one in three patients who visited a physician or other health professional had been told to start or maintain physical activity or exercise.

New Codes for Reimbursement from Medicare for Preventive Services

Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

You've probably heard that Medicare now covers an additional set of preventive services, such as intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease risk and obesity, and screening for depression. But do you know the rules concerning these services or the G-codes for them?.

Diabetes Advocacy Alliance Applauds Funding for CDC Program to Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Diabetes Advocacy Alliance™ (DAA) today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services for approving $10 million in funding for the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP), an initiative that provides local communities with lifestyle change programs for preventing type 2 diabetes.

FDA Approves BYDUREON™ -- The First Once-Weekly Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012

Once weekly Bydureon will be available in February at the approximate coast of $323 dollars a month which will include 4 injection syringes using 1 per week.

Diabetes Reversed with Investigational Weight Loss Drug

Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Slightly more than a year of treatment with an investigational obesity drug that the FDA rejected for approval last year reversed type 2 diabetes in 15% of subjects.

Medicare Now Pays for Intensive Obesity Counseling

Posted: Saturday, December 03, 2011

Medicare will pick up the tab for obesity screening and intensive behavioral counseling, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced.

NIH Urges You To Make a Plan To Prevent Diabetes, Complications

Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011

In observance of National Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, the National Institutes of Health urges people to set goals and make plans to prevent diabetes and diabetes-related complications.

Andrew P. Mandell - MR. DIABETES® Offers Diabetes Prevention Lessons to Kuwait and U.S.

Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

U.S. Department of State Program for Diabetes Awareness in Kuwait Highlights Prevention Opportunities at Home and Abroad.

Diabetes Medication Compliance a Major U.S. Issue

Posted: Sunday, October 23, 2011

We need to do a better job. Research by the New England Healthcare Institute shows that patients who don't take their medications as prescribed, cost the U.S. health care system an estimated $290 billion in avoidable medical spending each year.