Healthcare for seniors these days all too often focuses on the ill and the infirm, bedridden and beholden to physicians and nurses.
Diabetic patients on Toujeo showed lower rate of severe hypoglycemia in analysis
Sep 13, 2016
Sanofi said it has found adults with type 2 diabetes treated with its Toujeo® insulin injection experienced a consistently lower rate of confirmed or severe hypoglycemia both at night and at any time...
For most seniors, diabetes is uncontrolled
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Holly Petrovich
Sep 04, 2015
Only about 30% of older Americans have control over their diabetes, the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found.
New diabetes self-management education guidelines released
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Jun 08, 2015
New guidelines have been released on what type of diabetes self-management education and support should be given to patients, and how and when healthcare providers deliver that information.
New smartphone app for diabetes released
Apr 14, 2015
Worcester Polytechnic Institute investigators have developed an advanced smartphone application, called Sugar, for those with diabetes. The app can measure status of chronic foot ulcers.
Having primary care nurses promote physical activity could be effective enough to reduce heart disease and Type 2 diabetes risk among seniors, according to a British study.
Off-label promotions of diabetes meds sometimes nonsensical, watchdog warns FDA
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John Hall
Apr 02, 2015
The nation’s leading consumer watchdog is asking the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit direct-to-consumer diabetes drug advertising promoting unapproved off-label benefits like weight and...
FDA approves ‘breakthrough’ therapy for diabetic eye disorder
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John Hall
Mar 26, 2015
The FDA announced Wednesday that it has granted “breakthrough therapy designation” to the drug Eylea, and expanded its approved use for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy in patients with...
Honeywell releases patient monitoring device
Mar 24, 2015
Honeywell Life Care Solutions has released a new version of its Genesis Touch wireless remote patient monitoring device.
Night shift work a risk factor for diabetes?
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2015
The more years black women spend working the night shift, the higher their risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study in Diabetologia.