Diabetes

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently issued new guidelines aimed at assisting clinicians in making decisions about targets when using pharmacologic therapy in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Clinicians should personalize patient's goals for blood sugar control in type 2 diabetes.

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Proposed federal legislation aims to achieve better health outcomes by giving patients with diabetes the freedom to decide which testing supplies work best for them.

Through clinical and humanistic interventions, pharmacists can improve outcomes and lower costs for patients with diabetes.

Value-based contracts may also improve patient outcomes by increasing access to innovative medicines and supporting appropriate use.

As cost increases, patient adherence decreases among patients with multiple chronic conditions.

The latest DrugStats database list shows the medications with increasing numbers of prescriptions.

Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by hyperglycemia, because of reduced insulin secretion from the pancreas and/or insulin resistance.

Bone fractures associated with type 2 diabetes may be linked to a change in collagen.

Adults over the age of 65 are increasingly more active on Facebook, especially when it comes to health information.

Evaluating medical and pharmacy benefits can provide a better view of a medication's value.

Diabetes treatment guidelines treating patients until they reach blood pressure target goals.

Actual target blood pressures differ between guidelines.

Shadow pricing of diabetes medications is among the key issues confronting patients managing this chronic disease.

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) is increasingly important as the number of Americans who have diabetes approaches 31 million.

Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.

Diabetes is a complex, chronic disease requires a multifaceted approach to management that combines education and support, lifestyle modifications, and pharmacological treatment.

Patients with both hepatitis C and type 2 diabetes can develop fibrosis, steatosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and resistance to antiviral treatment.

Those who teach patients with diabetes about insulin must be aware of an unusual situation that can happen when using insulin pens with automatic needle retraction devices.

As we celebrate the good news that antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to significantly longer life expectancies among individuals with HIV, we need to acknowledge the bad news that individuals with HIV are significantly more likely to develop age-related comorbidities at earlier ages.

Researchers are developing novel treatments to support weight management, although limited data supports their use in diabetes.

Weight can be a difficult topic for patients, as people with diabetes often have trouble losing weight and medications can cause weight gain.

Chemotherapy is difficult, and in children even more so. Sproutel has teamed up with Aflac to create a companion robot to help children undergo chemotherapy easier.

Greater risk of stillbirths, emergency Caesarean sections, and infant mortality found to be associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Mice treated with a repurposed diabetes medication performed better on learning and memory tests.

According to a 2009 Harvard study, 62% of all bankruptcy was a direct result of medical debt.

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