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WASHINGTON -- Drug-eluting stent (DES) technology may no longer be the new kid on the block, but there is still plenty of updated information as use of the devices expands [...]

The market for whole blood glucose testing products used in the management of diabetes remains one of the highest-growth segments of the in vitro diagnostics market. The market is being [...]

The teaming of the first accurate, FDA-clearable technology with the widest possible channels of distribution will mark the winner in the race to bring noninvasive glucose testing to market. The [...]

Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Abstract & Commentary By William B. Ershler, MD, Editor Synopsis: Diabetes mellitus occurs commonly in pancreatic cancer patients. In an analysis of 512 newly diagnosed cases, [...]

Diagnosing Early Pancreatic Cancer Abstract & Commentary By William B. Ershler, MD, Editor Synopsis: Although pancreatic cancer growth is considered rapid, early recognition of resectable disease remains the best chance [...]

Program improves Latino population compliance Insurer collaborates with free clinic to improve care As part of its commitment to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care, CareFirst BlueCross Blue [...]

Evaluation of Neuropathy in Diabetes Abstract & Commentary By Norman Latov, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Director, Peripheral Neuropathy Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Latov [...]

Proactive steps to tackling diabetes improve health, yield savings Diabetes — where endocrinology and occ-health collide It’s not infectious, and it’s not very obvious because its signs often are hidden. [...]

Source: Davidson MB, et al. JAMA 1999;281:1203-1210. THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES MELLITUS (DM) has important health and social implications. Recent revision of diagnostic criteria for DM suggests that persons with [...]

ADA seeks lower marker score for diabetes About half of the 16 million Americans with diabetes do not know they have it, says the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Alexandria, [...]

SAN DIEGO -- The impact of diabetes on the American populace is big--mighty big. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA; Alexandria, Virginia), more than 18 million Americans now have [...]

Biomerica (Newport Beach, California) has added a new diabetes test to its arsenal of diagnostic tests for labs to evaluate patients for the chronic disease, one that many experts say [...]

Pharmacotherapy of hypertension has been much in the news in the last 2 months. Standard therapies such as atenolol have been challenged, while calcium channel antagonists may be making a [...]

Synopsis: Evidence suggests that Erythropoietin acts by stimulating neuroprotective pathways, including the protein kinase B cascade and the transcription factor nuclear factor-[kappa]B pathway, to activate antiapoptotic and antioxidant factors. Source: [...]

Bio-Rad (Hercules, California), maker of life science products and clinical diagnostics, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Variant II Turbo Hemoglobin Testing System and Hemoglobin A1c test [...]

Key Points * Improvements were seen both in self-care efforts and clinical numbers. * The model has been copied by other states and quality improvement organizations. * The program is [...]

Metrika (Sunnyvale, California) reported that its A1cNow diabetes test received National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program recertification, meeting the program's new, higher standard of 4% coefficient of variation for precision of A1C [...]

Canon Medical Systems (Irvine, California) thinks its new Eye Q Digital Retinal Imaging System could be used to help the approximately 6 million people in the U.S. with undiagnosed diabetes [...]

Xenotransplantation guidelines in review Long-anticipated federal guidelines for the transplantation of animal organs into humans were released in late September. The proposed guidelines - issued jointly by the FDA, National [...]

One of the expanding areas in the diabetes field is the tying of data obtained using a standard finger-stick glucometer to a computer with software that logs, tracks and issues [...]

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the Council of State Governments, has released Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and a [...]

The Diabetes Monitoring Forum, a group of UK diabetes healthcare professionals whose work is sponsored by MediSense (Bedford, Massachusetts), has developed a new information effort in support of appropriate prescribing [...]

Almost all of the 5.9 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it could be identified if people with just one risk factor are screened for diabetes, researchers at [...]

Hypertension Diagnostics (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported that its CVProfilor DO-2020 CardioVascular Profiling System has been selected for inclusion in a diabetes Standard-of-Care and Advanced-Diagnostics initiative created by American Healthways (Nashville, [...]

Source: Schianca GPC, et al. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:1333-1337. IN THE ABSENCE OF POSTGLUCOSE load measurements, most clinicians diagnose diabetes mellitus (DM) on the basis of an elevated fasting blood glucose [...]

Source: Schianca GPO, et al. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:1333-1337. IN THE ABSENCE OF POSTGLUCOSE load measurements, most clinicians diagnose diabetes mellitus (DM) on the basis of an elevated fasting blood glucose [...]

Source: Schianca GPO, et al. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:1333-1337. IN THE ABSENCE OF POSTGLUCOSE load measurements, most clinicians diagnose diabetes mellitus (DM) on the basis of an elevated fasting blood glucose [...]