Diabetes specialist nurse Anwen Jones provides an update on some key principles in management of diabetes in primary care ...

A new nursing-driven diabetes education process established within a patient-centered primary care model significantly improved diabetes control for veterans at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.

Most people with gestational diabetes can safely nurse their infants. In fact, health agencies highly recommend it because it offers multiple advantages for both the birthing parent and child. Health ...

Most nursing home clinicians do not include sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) in their diabetes treatment toolkit, a new study has found. But use of the glucose-lowering drugs is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Upon nursing home admission, the admitting clinician assesses the appropriateness of each medication in context ...

New research has shown that the introduction childhood screening for type 1 diabetes is ‘effective’ and would help reduce emergency diagnoses ...

Eight hours a night has long been touted as the optimal amount of sleep to feel rested and restored. Now, a Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing researcher is studying if this same credo could help ...

For patients with diabetes, the days after hospital discharge can be as risky as the days leading up to admission. Clinicians say the transition from inpatient to outpatient care remains one of the ...

Breast-feeding is thought to protect babies from developing diabetes. Now research suggests it might even help keep their mothers from getting the disease, too. A study found that the longer women ...

Older adults with diabetes who are living in nursing homes are at high risk of having low blood sugar levels—called hypoglycemia—if their diabetes is overtreated. A study published in the Journal of ...

Per-person diabetes-attributable costs ranged from 374 in New Mexico to 1,610 in Washington, D.C. HealthDay News) — Diabetes-attributable nursing home costs are substantial, but vary greatly across ...

Patients diagnosed with diabetes often are overwhelmed by the shear volume of new health requirements. To do nothing puts the health of the patient's heart, kidneys, eyes and circulation to the limbs ...