Prediabetes

Diabetes prevention likely resides in the restoration of Normal Glucose Regulation (NGR) rather than in the maintenance of a high-risk state, such as pre-diabetes. Therefore, it is encouraging to note that nearly one quarter of the study participants achieved NGR within the 3-year study window. Over half of those patients …

The International Expert Committee has concluded that the best current evidence supports the following recommendations in the use of the A1c for the diagnosis of diabetes.

Nicotine increases cortisol levels, encourages insulin resistance, study finds.

Researchers at the ADA reported that Liraglutide reverses prediabetes indices in most obese patients with existing prediabetes …Full Story

New recommendations include: specific instructions for lifestyle intervention, and that pharmacotherapy be started at an A1c of six percent. It is estimated that there will be 418 million people worldwide with prediabetes by 2025.

Metformin decreases the rate of conversion from prediabetes to diabetes…

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults age 65 and older have diabetes, while an additional 30 percent have pre-diabetes, researchers said.

Consumer Health Sciences, findings demonstrated a significant impact of having prediabetes on the quality of life and work productivity of patients.

An assessment tool known as Tool to Assess Likelihood of Fasting Glucose ImpairmenT (TAG-IT) is effective in screening patients of varying ethnic backgrounds for prediabetes, according to the results of a new study. Researchers say the test is an improvement over using BMI alone or using a list of risk …

A 2-day in-hospital group program of diabetes education, followed by individual support sessions every 3 months, significantly helped prevent or delay progression to type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.