Type 2 Diabetes

Overweight diabetic patients who lose weight by dieting and increasing their physical activity can reduce their health care costs by an average of around $600 per year…. 

This study showed that fenofibrate was very effective in lowering total, LDL, non-HDL cholesterol significantly in female diabetic patients compared to male patients…. 

In patients with type 2 diabetes, LX4211 produced greater dose-ranging effects on HbA1c than on glucosuria…. 

A long-term UK study revealed that in order to prevent poorer health outcomes, changes need to be made to the current way of diagnosing patients with type 2 diabetes…. 

Metformin seems to have positive effects on body composition, insulin sensitivity, and glucose homeostasis in patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes…. 

About one in every 1,000 individuals carries a variant in PPARG, which is treatable with tailored pharmacotherapy…. 

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Lifestyle modification The starting points and mainstays of treatment for type 2 diabetes are diet and other modifications of lifestyle, such as increasing exercise and stopping smoking (Figure 11.1). The major aims are to reduce the weight of obese patients and …

Children who reported eating a high fiber, cereal breakfast also had lower insulin resistance….

Both diet and diet plus physical activity interventions reduced inflammatory markers soon after type 2 diagnosis….

Researchers also found that Quality of Life improved and costs were lowered….