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Test Your Knowledge Issue 372

An investigational new agent, a highly selective dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-4) inhibitor, has shown good efficacy and safety in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to results of a phase 1 study.

Beta-blocker therapy can provide statistically significant regression of coronary artery plaque, and slow the progression to coronary atherosclerosis.

Australian scientists have discovered why stress can make us fat. New research published in an international journal has revealed that chronic stress triggers the body's fat cells to grow and multiply.

For those who eat to combat stress, researchers here may have made a dream come true -- an injection that inhibits a well-know peptide, that makes fat melt away, at least in mice.

Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past.

Lipoprotein subfraction changes may be at the root of the dyslipidemia accompanying type 2 diabetes and help explain how thiazolidinediones improve carotid intima-media thickness.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has developed a new definition of metabolic syndrome to help identify children at risk of developing the syndrome.

The review found, studies that focused only on boosting exercise levels yielded greater benefits than those that tried to change patients' diets, exercise habits and medication adherence all at once.

Homemade curd delays onset of diabetes, slowing down the progression of diabetes, lowering bad cholesterol and raising heart-protective good cholesterol. The findings have been reported in the latest issue of international journal Nutrition.

New studies are showing that we must treat impaired fasting glucose more aggressively.

Risk of stroke is high within 5 years of treatment for type 2 diabetes and more than double that for the general population. More Reason to recommend an aspirin a day

Combined supplementation with vitamin D and calcium may improve blood sugar and insulin levels and prevent diabetes by 64%, suggests a new meta-analysis and review.

A plate and cereal bowl with markers for proper portion sizes appear to help obese patients with diabetes lose weight and decrease their use of glucose-controlling medications, according to a new report.

A recent report funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation identified this this information technology-enabled diabetes management.

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