Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus

The worldwide prevelence of Diabetes is 135 million cases, 16 million Americans with 10.3 million diagnosed and 8.1 million women. This equates to 1 in 17 or 5.88% of the population. The incidence rate is approximately 1 in 340 or 0.29% or 798,000 people in US.

Diabetes Mellitus

Most recent articles

Mayo-led Research Team Develop Agents That Keep Insulin Working Longer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More than half a century after researchers identified a promising way to treat diabetes based on blocking the breakdown of...

Patients with Diabetes Especially Should Beat the Heat

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz — Hot weather and diabetes can make for a potentially dangerous combination, according to a Mayo Clinic presentation at the 92nd...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Dementia in Diabetics Differs from Dementia in Nondiabetics

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus say that dementia in some diabetics appears to be caused often by vascular...

The Diabetes Interactive Diary – A Useful Tool for Diabetes Management?

Advantages of a Flexible Lifestyle in Type 1 Diabetes Nutritional management is recognised as one of the cornerstones of diabetes care.1 Medical...

Glucose and Glycated Haemoglobin Point-of-care Testing and Early Diagnosis of Diabetes and Pre-diabetes

Over the last few decades the prevalence of diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in western societies and is even higher in developing...

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49th ESPE Meeting - European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)

22nd - 25th September 2010

The theme of our meeting will be "Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Research". The plenary lectures, symposia, meet-the-experts and interactive...

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