1. FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks - US News and World Report
Companies must now show their drugs don't increase chances of cardiac trouble

2. Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection - US News and World Report
THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A widely used test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes could help identify millions of people with undetected diabetes, according to a consensus statement released by a team of experts.

3. Diabetes and the Flu: 6 Things You Should Know - US News and World Report
Diabetics who get seasonal flu or H1N1 face challenges in keeping blood sugar under control.

4. Diabetes in Pregnancy Is on the Rise - US News and World Report
Why-and how-diabetic women should prepare to conceive a baby.

5. A Threat to Both Mom and Her Baby - US News and World Report
Gestational diabetes is on the rise, and experts are worried

6. Stop Type 2 Diabetes Before You Get It - US News and World Report
The evidence is clear: People with a condition known as prediabetes can delay or even prevent the onset of full Type 2 diabetes with moderate exercise and weight loss. But most of the 54 million Americans who have the condition don't even know it.

7. Diabetes : Signs and tests  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
A urine analysis may be used to look for glucose and ketones from the breakdown of fat. However, a urine test alone does not diagnose diabetes. The following blood glucose tests are used to diagnose diabetes: Fasting blood glucose level - diabetes...• Reviewer: Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

8. Diabetic nephropathy : Signs and tests  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Your doctor may think you have diabetic nephropathy if you have diabetes and a routine urinalysis shows too much protein in your urine. This test may also show glucose in the urine, especially if your blood sugar is poorly controlled. The main sig...• Reviewer: Parul Patel, MD, Private Practice specializing in Nephrology and Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Transplantation, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.