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The guidelines incorporate the use of A1c as an additional diagnostic criterion for type 2 diabetes. An A1c of 6.5 or greater is now considered an alternate criterion for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

USA Today has published an interesting opinion piece by Kevin Pho, MD, encouraging physicians to embrace social networking tools as a way to interact with patients. For me, the comments on the article were as interesting as the article itself.

Apple's iPad is sleek, innovative, and should change the landscape of the tablet computer market going forward. But for all the things they got right, Apple has a few things to learn if it wants to become the the healthcare industry's tablet leader.

What if the insurance industry profited most when it did the most to enhance effectiveness, efficiency and caring even while absorbing the cost of covering the entire population (pure community-rating)--akin to universal healthcare?

HCPLive has scoured the blogosphere to find the best postings about Haiti. We've included some here.

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Recent study results indicate that when an individual has more energy available, they tend to be more future-oriented, and therefore will engage in better decision making.

Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a cell-cycle protein essential for beta-cell replication to respond successfully to insulin resistance. The finding may point toward eventual therapies for preventing or treating type 2 diabetes.

Although the use of this medicine to manage pain has been common practice for many years, this form and concentration of morphine was not FDA-approved until now.

A Montgomery County, Alabama jury awards the multi-million dollar settlement over a mistakenly filled prescription for rheumatoid arthritis which confined Reva Tosh to a wheelchair with Cushing's Syndrome.

Once-daily human GLP-1 analog indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

There's a concept in healthcare insurance where all risks in a community of interest, a market, are pooled - community rating; and then there's experience rating where the healthy are advantaged in more ways then one and the sick are marginalized, paying disproportionately more into the pool just to have a seat at the table.

JDRF to provide $8 million in funding for three years, targeting the creation of a system ready for FDA review within four years.

Higher concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, a persistent organic chemical used in industrial and consumer goods, correlate with a greater likelihood of taking medication for a current thyroid disease.

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that the neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor also plays a part in the pancreas, where it increases insulin secretion and promotes the division of the insulin-producing beta cells.

The identification of new genetic markers and variants that are related to type 2 diabetes may lead to new diagnostic and treatment options.

Paul McMaster, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières surgeon, describes what he and his team have seen and done since they arrived in Port-au-Prince to bring emergency medical care to earthquake survivors on January 15.

Despite what some vendors and politicians may think, for physicians it's not all about the money; even if it were, $44,000 is not nearly enough to cover the costs associated with implementing a full-featured EHR.

Microsoft shot itself in the foot when it released Windows Vista in 2007. Windows Vista was widely derided as inferior to Windows XP, and to this day, many users have refused to upgrade or purchase a new computer with the Vista operating system.

Parents listen to our every word of "anticipatory guidance" when kids are small, but when it comes to tween and teen issues online, parents somehow start mistakenly thinking they don't need us as much.

What if our tort system required the losing side to pay for the winner's legal fees and costs?

Some patient advocates, tech-savvy physicians, and other Health 2.0 proponents tout e-mail, online forums, and social media technologies because they can potentially help strengthen the patient–physician relationship by providing patients with greater access to their physicians and facilitating more open communication.

High costs, unreliable vendors, lengthy installation and transition processes, disruptions to workflow, reduced productivity--it's no wonder that so few practices have adopted full-featured EHRs.

HCPLive blogger Jill Taylor takes a look at some of the stories developing in Haiti and how healthcare providers are responding to the earthquake and subsequent aftershock.

The device holds early-stage embryos in a thimble-sized funnel lined with microscopic channels that allow fresh nutrient-rich fluid to flow in and waste products out.

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there.

A lot of amputees and the paralyzed will need lifelong care.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Port-au-Prince are still under great pressure.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières staff work 24 hours a day to treat as many patients injured in the January 12 earthquake as possible, but the needs are huge and there are delays in receiving crucial supplies.

Here is a list of donations given by celebrities to assist in the relief effort of the earthquake that hit Haiti.