such as poor glycemic control and more retinopathy of diabetes. This article describes some current issues in patient education practice, linking some of them to ethical dilemmas. Teach the simple ...

Indiana University Hospital system is pairing patients with local faith groups to ease feelings of loneliness and isolation.

Because minorities have better health outcomes when providers look like them, it's important to support training more ...

Data from continuous glucose monitors can predict nerve, eye and kidney damage caused by type 1 diabetes researchers have found. That suggests doctors may be able to use data from the devices to help ...

Karin Schwan sat at the head of a wooden table in a room that smelled faintly of hand sanitizer. Printouts about “The ABCs of Diabetes” were on the table in front of her. A man and woman walked into ...

it is quickly becoming a promising tool for patient adherence, chronic disease management, preventive medicine, rehabilitation, and paediatric care, as well as for medical education, training ...

The V.I. Diabetes Center of Excellence (VIDCOE) is ramping up efforts to help Virgin Islanders treat and manage diabetes in ...

We offer a 2-part series on diabetes care and management for caregivers. A Parent-Designated Adult (PDA) is someone who has been trained to provide care for patients who need medical attention in a ...

Instead, Zhao says, he was told he could sign up for a payment plan used by many of Western Dental’s patients. As he lay in the chair, Zhao recalls, an assistant came over with a clipboard and a ...

Patients are dying in corridors and going undiscovered for hours while the sick are left to soil themselves, nurses have said, revealing the scale of the corridor crisis inside the UK's hospitals.

Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which blood sugar issues show up gradually. First signs begin with slightly elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels—out of normal range but not high enough ...