Adolescents with type 1 diabetes have high carotid intima-media thickness

June 28, 2010

ADA 70th Scientific Sessions ORLANDO — Adolescents with type 1 diabetes have greater baseline carotid intima-media thickness when compared with their siblings without diabetes — thus incr...

Rates of diabetic ketoacidosis in Colorado increased to rates recorded in 80s

June 28, 2010

ADA 70th Scientific SessionsORLANDO — The rates of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with type 1 diabetes living in Colorado significantly increased from 1998 to 2009, indicating major s...

Artificial pancreas improves glucose control for range of real-life situations

June 27, 2010

ADA 70th Scientific Sessions ORLANDO — Research on the artificial pancreas continues to gain ground in an effort to control blood glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes. New data...

Vitamins C, E do not prevent preeclampsia in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

June 26, 2010

ADA 70th Scientific Sessions ORLANDO —Women with type 1 diabetes who take vitamins C and E do not appear to have a lower risk for preeclampsia. However, vitamin supplementation may b...

Insulin pumps may be more effective than shots

January 27, 2010

New evidence suggests that continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion may be more beneficial than multiple insulin injections for glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes. "Good evide...

Consensus group suggested ‘remission’ not ‘cure’ as accurate term in diabetes

November 6, 2009

It may be more accurate to use the term remission rather than cure for chronic diseases such as diabetes, a consensus group concluded. “Defining remission or cure of diabetes is not as strai...

See ya LADA, alliGADa!

October 16, 2009

A few weeks ago I saw on referral a very pleasant 76-year-old woman with diabetes who had not done well on oral therapy and was having great trouble adjusting to insulin therapy given as glargin...

Diabetic diarrhea

August 5, 2009

A woman with type 1 diabetes of 47 years duration has retinopathy, microalbuminuria, peripheral neuropathy, gastroparesis and coronary artery disease. Glycemic control is much improved now that she sw...

Frequency of serious diabetes complications lower than in past

July 28, 2009

After 30 years, the clinical course of type 1 diabetes has changed. The rates of serious diabetes complications appear lower than reported historically — especially when patients are treate...

Etanercept improved HbA1c, insulin production in youth with type 1 diabetes

July 16, 2009

Youth with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes assigned to etanercept experienced significant reductions in HbA1c and increases in endogenous insulin production, which may suggest preservation of beta ...