Americans Get Failing Grade on Diabetes Awareness

Though someone is diagnosed with diabetes every 20 seconds, many Americans lack basic knowledge about the potentially life-threatening disease, according to a new survey from the American Diabetes Association.

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 34 Views
• 1 Comment

People Who Receive Diabetes Education Incur Lower Healthcare Costs

A new study shows encouraging confirmation that diabetes educators have a significant role in helping patients with diabetes manage their disease -- and keep healthcare costs for the serious consequences of diabetes significantly lower.

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 34 Views
• 2 Comments

Women's Monthly Cycle Affects Blood Glucose Control, But Not Consistently

Only a handful of studies have examined the relationship of a woman's menstrual cycle to her blood glucose control, but they have one finding in common: menstruation's effect on blood glucose is as varied as each individual's disease. As a result, blood glucose testing remains the only way to know how a woman's monthly cycle affects her diabetes control.

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 156 Views
• 0 Comments

Diabetes Case Shows Pitfalls of Treatment Rules

Last year, a national guideline-setting group abruptly withdrew a controversial diabetes standard it adopted in 2006 that called for aggressive control of blood sugar, or glucose. The change came after a large federal study indicated that lowering glucose too quickly or too much in some patients could harm or even kill them.

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 92 Views
• 0 Comments

New Wireless Telehealth Solution for Diabetics Connects Patients, Physicians and Caregivers With Real-Time Testing Data

MyGlucoHealth Uses Bluetooth Technology to Upload and Manage Blood Glucose Testing Using a Mobile Phone or PC --

lots of new high-tech diabetes management products are coming out now!

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 89 Views
• 3 Comments

Baxter Collaborates with MedicAlert

Baxter Collaborates with MedicAlert to Expand Awareness of Glucose Monitor Interference to Enhance Safety in Hospitals

DEERFIELD, Ill., January 15, 2009 — To reduce the risk of error regarding improper insulin dosing that occurs mostly in the hospital setting, Baxter International Inc. is collaborating with MedicAlert Foundation International to encourage patients on peritoneal dialysis using EXTRANEAL (icodextrin) Peritoneal Dialysis Solution to add a warning for potential for glucose... read more

Submitted by rbergman

• 97 Views
• 0 Comments

The Glucose-Monitoring Tattoo: A novel nanosensor could be used for skin-based glucose sensing.

Scientists at Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, MA, are developing a nanosensor that could be injected into the skin, much like tattoo dye, to monitor an individual's blood-sugar level. Wow!

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 162 Views
• 3 Comments

Higher A1C Levels Linked to Lower Brain Function

This is very bad news indeed. More reason to maintain good glucose control!

Submitted by Amy Tenderich

• 139 Views
• 3 Comments

Pre-meal blood sugar values most informative: study

Report of a poster presentation at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference suggests preprandial blood glucose checks are more accurate for prediction of A1C levels in Type 2 patients

Submitted by tmana

• 141 Views
• 7 Comments

Glucose Monitoring: What's the Point?

A friend of mine who was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes called me the other day. He was sort of embarrassed to ask, but he finally did: “So they sent me home with this meter… but my numbers are just high all the time… what I am supposed to do with these numbers, anyway?”

Submitted by John Crowley

• 4886 Views
• 49 Comments