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Hba1C Levels Did Not Improve After Personalized Education and Assessment from Ophthalmologist

Personalized education and risk assessment for people with diabetes visiting the ophthalmologist did not improve hemoglobin A1c levels or glycemic control. Providing personalized education and...

New Treatment Opportunity to Help Preserve Vision in Diabetics

Joslin research boosts evidence for a new class of treatments to help preserve vision in people with diabetes, including diabetic macular edema and retinopathy. Diabetic...

Bigger Capsules the Key to Transplanting Islet Cells?

Something as simple as changing the size of the cell-carrying spheres may be the answer to the problem researchers have been having when it...

FDA Warning: SGLT2 Inhibitors for Diabetes May Lead to a Serious Condition

The FDA is warning people about a new class of diabetes drugs that could result in ketoacidosis and may require hospitalization. The U.S. Food and...

Diabetes and Dental Health

Jim Morellie tells us why keeping your blood sugar under control can help fight gum disease for patients with diabetes. This news story has...

Cybersecurity Risks of the Artificial Pancreas

The risk of security threats targeting an artificial pancreas is a major concern and has not been sufficiently considered in the research and development...
Food advertising to children and health

Food Industry Failing to Improve Quality of Foods Advertised to Children

According to new study, food industry self-regulation has been unsuccessful and has achieved only baby steps in improving nutritional quality of foods advertised to...
Is Late-Night Snacking Your Brain's Fault

Late-Night Snacking: Your Fault or Your Brain’s Fault?

Researchers are shedding new light on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know tend to snack at night. After gobbling the fourth...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Higher Risk of Surprise Heart Attack

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Higher Risk of Surprise Heart Attack

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, then you are at an increased risk of a surprise heart attack - which means you had no symptoms...

Eat with a Light Eater and You Will Eat Less

According to a new study, the amount your dining companions eat influences how much you will eat. Learn about what researchers call social modelling. How...
Statin Diabetes Link

Are Statins Causing Diabetes? Disturbing Link Found.

Patients that were prescribed statins were 87% more likely to develop diabetes, even though they were free of heart disease, diabetes, and other severe...
Alzheimers and Diabetes Linked

New Link Discovered Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease

More evidence has been found that links Alzheimer's, which is a disease that robs people of their memories, and elevated blood sugar levels. Researchers have...

Brains of Type 1 Diabetics Show Signs of Accelerated Aging

People with type 1 diabetes show signs of accelerated aging and slower information processing. Study suggests that middle-aged type 1 diabetics should be screened...

Type 2 Diabetics with a Little Extra Weight Live Longer

People living with Type 2 Diabetes and are just a little overweight live longer than those who are too thin, normal weight or obese....

Just 2-Minutes of Walking Per Hour Offsets the Hazards of Sitting

Standing may not be enough to offset the hazards of sitting for long periods of time, but adding as little as 2-minutes of walking...

Yankees David Cone Helping with Type 1 Diabetes Research Fund Raising

Yankees Magazine was on hand as David Cone was a guest at the annual JDRF spring gala to help raise funds for research in...