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Insulin rationing persists despite policy changes, study shows

Yale researchers have found that despite new policies addressing insulin costs, the proportion of patients who ration insulin due to cost remains unchanged. The findings were published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Diabetes

Why your daily walk might not work as well if you're on metformin

A widely prescribed diabetes drug may be sabotaging one of the most trusted strategies for preventing the disease: exercise.

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Researcher provides new hope in managing diabetic ketoacidosis

A researcher at the University of Houston finds management of diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels in diabetic patients and increasing exercise capacity for better health outcomes. That could be ...

Health

New model shows how treating diabetes early makes a difference

Could slightly elevated blood sugar levels lead to serious health problems in the future? A single patient's question sparked nearly a decade of research leading to the development of a landmark model that could shape how ...

Medications

Chemists design candidate drug against diabetes

Researchers from the University at Albany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular pathway known to drive chronic inflammation and impaired wound healing in people with diabetes.

Diabetes

Bariatric surgery in a pill bottle

More than 37 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, a chronic disorder affecting the body's ability to regulate and use sugar. According to the CDC, it's the country's seventh leading cause of death. Type 2 diabetes can ...

Diabetes

Early trigger of diabetic eye disease identified

A team led by UCL scientists has identified a key protein that triggers diabetic retinopathy—a condition caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina's blood vessels and a leading cause of sight loss among working-age ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Key risk factors for diabetic foot reinfections uncovered in study

Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, with more than 2.7 million Texans diagnosed with the condition. About one in six people in San Antonio have type 2 diabetes, and a third of residents are prediabetic, ...

Diabetes

Can type 2 diabetes be reversed? Experts say 'yes'

More than 36 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, a condition primarily attributed to the body's cells not responding to insulin properly, leading to high blood sugar levels. Due to the concomitant increase in the prevalence ...

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Blood markers may predict prediabetes outcomes

People with prediabetes often develop diabetes, but many of them manage to reverse to normoglycemia. What determines these distinct outcomes? Can we identify biomarkers to predict the different trajectories of prediabetes?

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Q&A: Diabetes care for the aging population in the digital age

Medha N. Munshi, MD, a geriatrician and endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has dedicated her career to improving care for older adults. In 2001, she founded the Geriatric Diabetes Program at Joslin Diabetes ...