Diabetes

Although glyburide is commonly prescribed for gestational diabetes mellitus, the drug's use among pregnant women may put newborns at greater risk for complications.

The FDA refused to approve the ultra-long-acting insulin treatments 2 years ago.

Earlier detection could lead to improved disease management.

Diabetes mellitus diagnoses are soaring in numbers, with the elderly population disproportionately affected. The APhA featured a case-based presentation at its 2015 annual meeting in San Diego, CA, that discussed diabetes management's complexities in older adults.

States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act have seen a 23% increase in the number of newly diagnosed diabetes patients.

The FDA has approved a new treatment for 1 of the most common diabetic eye diseases.

Glyxambi is now available by prescription at pharmacies across the United States.

Lower co-pays contribute to higher medication adherence.

A pharmacy school team nabbed second place in the Mississippi Public Universities' Blueprint Mississippi Social Business Challenge.

Pharmacists and other health care providers often do not advise patients with mental illness symptoms and diabetes to make lifestyle changes that would reduce related health risks.

Women who smoke during pregnancy may be putting their children at risk for developing diabetes in adulthood.

As the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services places a greater emphasis on medication adherence through its star ratings, pharmacists and other health care professionals continue to seek ways to improve adherence among seniors.

From optimizing inhaler technique in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, to catching red flags when dispensing controlled substances to patients with chronic pain, pharmacists can improve patient outcomes in an evolving treatment landscape.

Taking multiple medications, having hypertension, and executing heavy labor at work are all associated with a lower sperm count among men attempting to conceive.

Type 2 diabetes may be associated with impairments in cognitive abilities, such as working memory and verbal fluency.

Improvements in nutrition, exercise, stress, and sleep may help patients with prediabetes reduce their risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes.

Including often-ignored random blood glucose values in screening guidelines could help clinicians detect diabetes risk.

In light of misrepresented statistics and overstated fears about statin-related adverse events, here are 3 of the biggest myths your patients may have heard about these life-saving medications-and the facts

Beyond working in traditional retail, community, and health-system settings, pharmacy students have a lot of options. Two Roosevelt University pharmacy students are proof of that.

Sanofi has announced the FDA approval of its insulin glargine injection (Toujeo), a once-daily long-acting basal insulin, for the improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Novo Nordisk has positive results from a completed phase 2 trial on the oral formulation of its investigational, long-acting human glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue.

Many patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease also have low vitamin D levels.

Diabetics who took metformin saw a decreased chance of developing adenocarcinoma.