This video explains 10 early signs and symptoms of diabetes that often go unnoticed. These include increased thirst, frequent bathroom breaks, recurrent infections, unexplained weight changes, and blurry…
This video dives into Pompe Disease, also known as Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2. The host explains the key components of this disease, where the body cannot break…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -– A point-of-care test for beta-hydroxybutyrate in capillary blood is more specific than a urine dipstick for ketones in identifying diabetic ketoacidosis in emergency-department…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians recommends strongly against the use of intensive insulin therapy to normalize high…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Research shows that biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) significantly reduces renal and cardiovascular complications over 10 years in morbidly obese individuals with newly diagnosed type…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In metformin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes, exenatide twice daily improves glycemic control to the same degree as insulin aspart twice daily, but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Insulin degludec, an ultra-long-acting basal insulin, provides glycemic control in type 1 diabetes similar to that of insulin glargine but with lower occurrence…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Neither injectable nor oral contraceptives have a meaningful effect on glucose or insulin levels, researchers report in the January 2011 Obstetrics & Gynecology.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In comparison with results in adults with diabetes, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C) testing in younger patients doesn’t have the same level of discrimination, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Basal bolus glargine insulin once daily plus glulisine before meals effectively manages general surgery patients with type 2 diabetes, investigators report. Compared to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Depending on the particular regimen, insulin analogs can help 35% to 64% of patients with type 2 diabetes achieve the recommended hemoglobin A1C…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small study of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, use of a closed-loop insulin delivery system (also known as the artificial…
