Diabetes News Hound

Abbott Laboratories, maker of FreeStyle glucose monitors has received a warning letter from the Food & Drug Administration noting numerous manufacturing violations at its Alameda, California plant (more…)

People with diabetes often lack the knowledge to effectively manage their diabetes in hot weather (more…)

Diabetes’ unpleasant side-effects can show up unexpectedly and ruin a perfectly good occasion. While the bulk of the burden of diabetes falls on the patient, it does impact others – spouse or family members. (more…)

Leonard Campos, 59, pleaded not guilty on Friday to manslaughter charges. Prosecutors say Campos’ failure to control his diabetes led to a single vehicle wreck in 2009 that killed a pedestrian and injured Campos and his 18-year-old passenger (more…)

Diabetes Health recently ran a feature on some of the top ten free diabetes-related iPhone applications. We’ve whittled that down to six and boiled it down to the basics (more…)

The White House has given a significant chunk of a $220 million stimulus-funded effort to help fight diabetes, according to multiple published reports. There were a total of 15 major grants awarded to “Beacon Communities” announced yesterday. (more…)