NEW YORK - Every day the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center is busy — with new and returning patients. 
Director Dr. Robin Goland says its is a major problem in every hospital.
“Ten percent of patients on a medical service in a hospital have diabetes,” she says. “Fifty percent of patients on a […]

Trials of an experimental drug which helps slow down the loss of vision caused by diabetes have had very optimistic results.
Diabetic retinopathy is recognized as the leading cause of blindness in the working aged population and results in enormous human and financial costs; at present laser treatments are used to treat the disease.
It is a […]

Researchers at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, have found that a protein (neuregulin-1 type III, or NRG1-III) essential for the protective wrapping around a nerve’s central wiring, or axons, also determines its fate.
Just as plastic coatings insulate electrical wires, myelin coats nerve fibers. This fatty substance also […]

For the second consecutive year, the appropriations committees of both houses of Congress have approved specific language written by The Neuropathy Association urging the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to strengthen its research portfolio for peripheral neuropathy.   The language is part of a report that will accompany legislation appropriating more than $1.5 […]

Peripheral Neuropathy is one of the most common diseases most people have never heard of (15-20 million Americans have it). Caused by deterioration of the peripheral nerves, this disease disrupts the body’s ability to communicate with its muscles, organs and tissues. It is like the body’s wiring system going haywire, causing unusual or unpleasant irritations […]

While most of us have gotten our glucose meters for free, everyone knows it’s the strips that cost us. Many “top-of-the line” units cost nearly $1.00 a piece for test strips.
I have found one, the ReliOn Ultima, which sells at Wal-Mart for $8.88 (You can also call them at 800.992.3612 and get a free testing […]

Months ago I read about the benefits of cinnamon (pills) to help lower blood sugar levels, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Some report lower of blood sugar levels up to 20% lower in Type 2 diabetics. Since I am in this type of diabetic this definitely intriged me.
Cinnamon significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetics, a new study […]

More than one out of every three individuals in the United States has diabetes or impaired fasting glucose, a condition that increases the risk of developing diabetes, new study findings suggest.The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes has increased in recent years, while undiagnosed diabetes and impaired fasting glucose has remained constant over the past decade.
“Despite public […]

U.S. patients and doctors alike show a surprising level of ignorance about diabetes and are not doing nearly enough to manage the condition, diabetes experts said Wednesday.
A survey found that although patients believe they understand diabetes, they are not doing what they need to do to control it, and their doctors are unable to help […]