http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Internet-based psycho-educational programs are beneficial for young patients with type 1 diabetes as they transition into adolescence, according to a study published online April 11 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teen-diabetes-outcomes-internet-interventions.html Diabetes Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:20:01 EST news285871137 An EU-funded project has developed a device which can predict sugar highs and lows for people with diabetes and provide them with advice on how to manage their glucose levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-diabetes-ingenuity.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:17:21 EST news283418233 Most adults and children with type 1 diabetes are not in optimal glycemic control, despite advances in insulin formulations and delivery systems and glucose monitoring approaches. Critical barriers to optimal glycemic control remain. A panel of experts in diabetes management and research met to explore these challenges, and their conclusions and recommendations for how to improve care and optimize clinical decision-making are presented in a white paper in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (DTT). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-guidelines-standardizing-glucose-optimizing-clinical.html Diabetes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:23:53 EST news281359420 One in three diabetes patients at the Penal Health Center, located in the Penal region of Trinidad and Tobago, fail to take the medications their physicians prescribe for high blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol. And nearly all of these patients fail to engage in physical exercise needed to improve their health, according to results of a study in Trinidad and Tobago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-reveals-significant-gaps-patient-self-management.html Diabetes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:12:35 EST news281347947 (HealthDay)—Practice patterns and knowledge gaps vary for health care providers (HCPs) who manage patients with type 2 diabetes, although most patients receive evidence-based care, according to research published in the Winter issue of Clinical Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-diabetes-patterns-knowledge-gaps.html Diabetes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:30:02 EST news279990542 (Medical Xpress)—A clinic-based program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their families helped the teens develop the healthy behaviors needed to control their blood sugar levels, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-teens-diabetes-family-problem-solving.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:10:03 EST news266478194 Higher levels of physical activity were related to lower risk of death in patients with diabetes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-physical-death-patients-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:12:16 EST news263487916 (HealthDay) -- Diabetes patients with nonsupportive family members are less adherent to their diabetes medication regimen and have worse glycemic control, according to a study published online April 26 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-nonsupportive-family-members-sabotage-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 02 May 2012 15:50:03 EST news255188598 Diabetic kidney disease has become more prevalent in the United States over the past 20 years, despite a substantial increase in the use of medications for the treatment of people with diabetes, according to a study to be published June 22 in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-diabetic-kidney-disease-america-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:21:38 EST news227892050