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Medicare Savings Coming for Diabetic Supplies

Starting July 1, seniors with diabetes should be able to save some money when they buy the blood sugar testing supplies they need to monitor their disease. That’s when Medicare kicks off a new cost-saving program that will require beneficiaries to order these supplies through a national mail-order program or a Medicare-approved pharmacy. Right now,

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New Insulin Pump Cuts Odds of Overnight Hypoglycemia

A new sensor attached to an insulin pump helps prevent dangerously low blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes while they sleep, a new study finds. The new pump automatically stops delivering insulin when the sensor finds blood sugar levels have reached a pre-set low level, and it reduced overnight episodes of low

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Exercise Alone May Help Those With Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise benefits people with type 2 diabetes even if they don’t make any other lifestyle or diet changes, a new study says. Dutch researchers conducted MRI exams of 12 patients with diabetes before and after they did six months of moderate-intensity exercise. Each week, the participants, who were an average age of 46, exercised between

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Skipping Breakfast May Raise Diabetes Risk

Eating breakfast every day may help overweight women reduce their risk of diabetes, a small new study suggests. When women skipped the morning meal, they experienced insulin resistance, a condition in which a person requires more insulin to bring their blood sugar into a normal range, explained lead researcher Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, an instructor of

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ASPIRIN USE FOR DIABETICS

The American Diabetes Association (ADA), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), establish new guidelines for the use of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes. Studies show that aspirin therapy fails to have any significant reduction of cardiovascular events among diabetic patients, however doctors should