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FDA approves DES for treatment of CAD in diabetic patients

The Resolute clinical trial program enrolled more than 5,000 patients worldwide, a third of whom had diabetes.

Lower-limb amputations decline among diabetics

Here’s some good news for a change from the diabetes front: Lower-limb amputations due to diabetes complications dropped 65 percent from 1996 to 2008.

Novartis Blood-Pressure Drug Rasilez to Carry Warning

Novartis wrote to physicians world-wide then recommending that patients with Type 2 diabetes shouldn’t be treated with aliskiren, or combination products containing aliskiren, if they are also receiving an ACE inhibitor or ARB.

Event focuses on cataract and diabetes-related blindness

The prevention and treatment of diabetes-related blindness and cataract are the key topics on the agenda of the World Ophthalmology Congress 2012, which began on Thursday in Abu Dhabi.

Price of Artificial Feet Spikes for Medicare Patients

Medicare paid $94 million for artificial feet in 2010, according to research conducted for The Associated Press. That was nearly $35 million more than in 2005, even though in 2010, Medicare covered about 1,900 fewer such prostheses.