An observational study showed that even modest coronary plaque causing no symptoms has a long-term impact on mortality and heart disease in diabetes. Aggressive management of all patients significantly reduced the number of adverse events that happened in diabetic patients.
According to consensus guidelines, relieving pressure on the foot through the use of off-loading improves healing outcomes and reduces complications in patients with diabetic foot ulcers
Here are 8 more tips for achieving your diabetes goals in 2015. Many of the items on this list are things you’ve probably already thought of, but it doesn’t hurt to have some positive reinforcement
About one-third of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) produce insulin, as measured by C-peptide, a byproduct of insulin production, even upward of forty years from initial diagnosis, according to a first-of-its-kind, large-scale study.
From artificial pancreas trials to stem cell breakthroughs, 2014 was a big year for Type 1 diabetes news. Insulin Nation has compiled 10 big ideas in treatment and technology from the past year.
In what scientists say is a first, a new analysis suggests that some blood types place women at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. How much higher? According to a team of French researchers, women with blood type B positive appear to face a 35 percent greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes […]
There is really no medical evidence that intramuscular injections are harmful. They hurt more than subcutaneous injections and people need to use sterile syringes to prevent infection, but otherwise this type of injection can speed up insulin action considerably.
The painkiller tramadol (brand names Ultram, ConZip, Ultram ER) is linked to an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in people both with and without diabetes, according to a recent study by scientists at McGill University in Montreal. The use of this medicine has grown in recent years, with retailers dispensing 43.8 […]
A link between hypoglycaemia and increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with diabetes has been confirmed by researchers. The findings could lead to changes in the way some patients’ treatment is managed.
This week, Wil takes on two questions about how other conditions play into diabetes and what our D-Community might need to know when factoring those other health hassles in.
People with diabetes – especially those who have had the disease for a long period of time – are at a higher risk of developing glaucoma, according to the results of a new study.
Right before Thanksgiving, Asante Solutions started shipping the first few MySnap insulin pumps to users who ponied up the $99 for the upgrade over the summer. We were able to get our mitts on one of the first for a test drive, and I’ve been wearing it for the last couple of weeks for this […]
Eating a Mediterranean diet may be your key to living longer. That’s according to a new study led by Immaculata De Vivo, associate professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School.
The new drug, Xigduo XR, is a once-daily tablet that merges the recently approved diabetes drug dapagliflozin with the popular drug metformin.
Exercise benefits most, but not all, individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The beneficial effects are well studied, but why some individuals do not respond favorably to exercise training is largely unexplored.
Remember when Cheerios and Grape-Nuts went GMO-free? That was about a year ago, when their corporate creators announced that these products would no longer contain ingredients made from genetically modified organisms like common types of corn, soybeans or sugar beets.
A few weeks ago, we posted this story about the inhalable insulin currently on the market. You asked a lot of great questions, and we listened! Here’s Dr. Robert Gabbay, Chief Medical Office at Joslin Diabetes Center, to go a little more in-depth on inhalable insulin.
Some intriguing new research shows that dairy foods, perhaps even high-fat ones, may play a role in type 2 diabetes prevention. Although experts say it’s too soon to draw clear conclusions, the findings seem to run counter to current advice to people with diabetes, who are generally told to pick low- or non-fat dairy products.
In the world’s first clinical trial that compared three alternative treatments for type 1 diabetes, the external artificial pancreas was shown to improve glucose control and reduce risk for hypoglycemia when compared to conventional diabetes treatment.
This past week, our team was fortunate to attend the DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange and Innovation Summit – two days that gather some of the brightest minds in diabetes technology to discuss ways to further innovations in diabetes.