Prediabetes

Prediabetes risk significantly increased, but diabetes risk yet to be determined...

  Robert E. Ratner, MD, talks about the best way to screen for prediabetes, and the importance of balancing convenience and specificity.  

Robert E. Ratner, MD, talks about how the ADA is working to identify prediabetes and delay the onset as much as possible of diabetes. He explains that screening is extremely important and that this process also provides an opportunity for intervention. He also emphasizes that lifestyle modification is the first step …

Plateaus mark possibly better screening methods, survival among diagnosed patients...

In recent years, there has been a worldwide focus on metabolic syndrome to identify specific factors that may contribute to the development of diabetes and obesity. An interesting factor that researchers are exploring is eating habits, particularly, the speed of eating. Therefore, a study was performed to understand the relationship …

Research pinpoints molecular link between insulin resistance and mitochondrial changes… A recent study published in Clinical Epigenetics said researchers sought to discover if they could find any biomarkers in a group of patients with no pre-existent diabetes or cardiovascular disease, but indication of prediabetes and insulin resistance. Researchers analyzed data …

Elevated serum liver markers may be disease indicator…. Type 2 diabetes and liver disease seem to have a connection; the liver is one of the targets of some common diabetic medications. The body needs the liver to help maintain normal glucose levels. But when the cells in the body become …

Gut microbiome plays a role in a variety of diseases including diabetes… Humans have a symbiotic relationship with the trillions of bacteria living in the GI tract, relying on them for numerous metabolic functions. Changes in agricultural practices and climate in the last 50 years have resulted in a lack …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Having ineffective insulin action, or an insulin resistant state, is associated with numerous health risks, such as hyperinsulinemia, or high levels of insulin in the blood, that may damage blood vessels and contribute to arterial plaque formation and heart disease. A decrease in your …

Patients who learn of their status and alter their lifestyle may be able to reverse their disease… Only about one in eight people with so-called pre-diabetes, often a precursor to full-blown disease, know they have a problem, a U.S. study found. Lacking awareness, people with the elevated blood sugar levels …