If a smartphone can be configured to perform a medical laboratory test, then why can’t some clinical lab tests be performed by an automobile? Believe it or not, several car companies are preparing to introduce these types of features into their automobiles in coming years.
A U.S. clinic is probing the DNA of diabetes patients who stay remarkably free of the disease’s dire complications for decades.
The Scottish Government announced on Monday it will provide at least £1m of funding for NHS boards to provide the devices for all eligible under 18s with type 1 diabetes.
If you receive your health care at a major medical center you may have seen flyers soliciting your participation in clinical trials. So what are clinical trials?
A Pharmac proposal to limit diabetics’ access to subsidised glucose-testing equipment would save $10 million a year but has sparked fears among patients.
If you have a history of diabetes in your family, there may be a way you can help prevent your children from developing it — or perhaps help prevent it from developing in future generations
While PCTs say they’ve written to all GPs to make sure a standardised approach is put in place to ensure patients have all the necessary health checks, health professionals are complaining about the constraints the system places on them
Pre-diabetes is a condition in which the sugar or glucose levels in the body are higher than normal, but not high enough to qualify as diabetes. Millions of Americans have pre-diabetes and are at risk of progressing to full-blown diabetes.
The federal government on Friday warned of two more websites selling what it says is a dangerous substance under the guise of a “miracle” cure for ailments such as diabetes and cancer.
Deen, who acknowledges she has lost weight, said she has made changes in her lifestyle including walking a half hour a day on a treadmill, cutting sweet tea out of her diet and adjusting her portions.
To find out, dLife® and its partner, Vital mHealth, a digital healthcare marketing agency based in Philadelphia, are launching a first-of-its-kind tracking study within a mobile application dedicated to helping people with diabetes manage their condition.
A new CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) study has found that physicians in 35 percent of cases involving more than 250,000 newly diagnosed diabetes patients did not follow the American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes consensus guidelines for recommended treatment.
Most parents get up several times a night to check their child’s glucose because it’s terrifying to face the possibility that, in severe cases, their child could die in the middle of the night from hypoglycemia.
Navigating what doctors prescribe and what insurance companies charge for co-pays can be a major problem. Copays can range from no cost to more than $100, depending on which tier the medication is in.
Sanofi is re-upping its social media-driven Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge contest, which last year kicked up a wealth of innovative ideas and buzz for the price of $200,000 in prize money and a few salaries.
African-Americans in North Carolina are more likely than whites to die of most cancers and more likely to get and die of diabetes, doctors said Thursday during a panel discussion about health disparities.
The Transport Security Administration (TSA) made a big announcement in response to all the complaints bout its agents mistakenly subjecting travelers with health conditions to invasive searches.
Recent studies showing a link between the cholesterol-lowering statin and a high diabetes risk may influence future Zocor lawsuits.
Nurses and other health practitioners can now use a smartphone app to help them treat patients with diabetes.
In a report card issued five years ago, the state singled out caring for diabetic patients as an area where many plans fell short of national standards.