Diabetes

Screening for vitamin D levels vital when treating adolescents with diabetes.

Incretin-based drugs help type 2 diabetes patients reduce blood sugar.

Incretin-based drugs help type 2 diabetes patients reduce blood sugar.

Pediatric diabetes and pediatric diabetic nephropathy rates significantly increase at age 12.

Combination treatment approach helps control diabetes and obesity.

Combination treatment approach helps control diabetes and obesity.

Pharmacist-led diabetes collaborative drug therapy management programs impact patients with type 2 diabetes.

Pharmacist-led collaborative care management programs for type 2 diabetes are associated with better glycemic control and lower health care costs compared with primary care settings that lack these programs.

A combination of blocking glucagon and insulin replacement therapy could normalize blood sugar levels.

Diabetes isn't the only therapeutic class that has seen substantial drug price hikes over the past decade.

Faulty protein kinases can lead to conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

Limited evidence has examined dual therapy in treatment-experienced diabetes patients.

Metformin and DPP-4 inhibitor dual therapy provides less durable glycemic control than the addition of sulfonylureas or TZD to metformin in diabetics.

Diabetes costs the United States more than $300 billion annually.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) costs the United States $444 billion each year.

The leading cause of death worldwide is preventable.

Two new outcome studies for Jardiance will be conducted in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Affordable Care Act provides reimbursements for diabetes self-management education and support programs for pharmacists with recognized credentials.

Patients with chronic conditions who receive care from pharmacists may be more likely to reach their blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol goals.

Diabetes costs the United States more than $300 billion annually, so concerted efforts are needed to manage this disease.

Study highlights importance of a healthy lifestyle in patients with diabetes.

Diabetes has the dubious distinction of being the 7th leading cause of death and the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations, and blindness in the United States.

Pharmacy benefit manager releases data showing the cost of insulin grew by 8%.

TZD-based medicines effectively improve glucose uptake.

Metformin has been found the most effective type 2 diabetes drug.