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Why does the cost of insulin keep rising?
The diabetes epidemic isn’t slowing—in fact, the World Health Organization now estimates that there are 422 million adults living with diabetes, quadruple the number since 1980. If there were to be...
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Delayed benefits of diabetes, blood pressure medications can discourage patients
It can take up to 10 years before patients see the long-term benefits from taking medications for diabetes and high blood pressure. For some, knowing this made them less likely to start treatment. It’s...
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Long-term trends in blood sugar control predict diabetes complications
Type 2 diabetes is an insidious disease because its most damaging effects don’t show up for years. A patient may have her ups and downs from day to day, but the risk of heart disease, kidney disease,...
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Kovler Diabetes Center celebrates 10 years, and looks ahead
Kovler Diabetes Center welcomed more than 120 patients and family members at this year’s Monogenic Diabetes Family Forum, June 23-25 This year Kovler Diabetes Center celebrates its 10th anniversary,...
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Asian Americans are at high risk for diabetes but rarely get screened
Helen Lam, RN, PhD, right of the patient in orange, translates a permission form while Pritzker medical students perform screenings at the Chinatown Health Fair in 2014. (Photo: David Christopher) Less...
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UChicago Medicine receives $1.8 million grant to improve diabetes care in...
Arshiya Baig, MD (standing), during diabetes group visit training for staff at health centers in the MidWest Clinicians’ Network Researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine have received a...
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Gene therapy via skin could treat many diseases, even obesity
A research team based at the University of Chicago has overcome challenges that have limited gene therapy and demonstrated how their novel approach with skin transplantation could enable a wide range...
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New tool identifies diabetes patients at risk for low blood sugar emergencies
Adult emergency department at the University of Chicago Medicine (Photo by Bruce Powell) Researchers have developed and validated a practical tool for identifying diabetes patients who are at the...
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Marshall Chin, MD, elected to National Academy of Medicine
Marshall Chin, MD, MPH On Oct. 16, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced that University of Chicago Medicine physician Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, has been elected a member of the Academy....
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Renowned diabetes expert Louis Philipson receives Illinois’ highest civilian...
Louis Philipson, MD, PhD Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center, is a recipient of the 2018 Order of Lincoln Award. The Order of Lincoln,...
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