After decades of use, some patients with diabetes “are running out of real estate” on their skin.
This discovery may help doctors reduce blood-sugar levels in patients with diabetes by targeting neurons in the brain.
Authors say resources can be allocated based on this first analysis to estimate the number of people of all ages with the vision disease.
Researchers modified a commercially available test strip into a prototype that enables people to self-test for prediabetes.
Efforts by acute-care teams to reduce glucose readings of patients with diabetes may do more harm than good, an analysis suggests.
Users of the investigational device spent 11% more time in the target blood-glucose range than control-group members.
Getting through the holidays without adding weight can challenge anyone. For people with diabetes, carbs can be an issue.
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The United States is seeing an epidemic of diabetes, says endocrinologist Irl Hirsch. About 14% of the population now has the condition.
At-home dialysis is a U.S. priority to stem the growing burden of care that involves people with chronic kidney disease.
