Test Your Knowledge Issue 380

For each additional $100,000 in the median price of homes, researchers found, obesity rates in a given ZIP code dropped by 2 percent.

Glucose Problems in Certain Brain Cells May Be a Red Flag of Type 2 Diabetes Risk

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes.

Whole grains may help prevent type 2 diabetes, with consistent results across studies, researchers said.

Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes do not respond as well to tuberculosis therapy as those who are non-diabetic, Dutch researchers report.

Depression care management may reduce 5-year mortality in older primary care patients with both depression and diabetes, according to the results of a new study,

A systematic review in the August 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides an overview of primary and secondary interventions for diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Investigators have made the first attempt at developing age- and sex-specific lipoprotein threshold concentrations for adolescents. The major advantage of the new cutoff points is that they reflect the natural fluctuations in cholesterol levels that...

VEGETABLES offer more protection against diabetes than fruit or cereal, new research shows.

Men and women with diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are more likely than the general population to sustain a fractured hip, according to a meta-analysis report

Intensive blood glucose control in type 1 diabetic patients is associated with a lowering of resting heart rate, according to a new report.

Higher resting heart rates are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and should be introduced into clinical practice according to a new review.

Treating gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy may reduce the child's risk of becoming obese, according to the results of a new study.

The number of uninsured U.S. residents rose by5% and is now by 2.2 million in 2006 to 47 million, up from 44.8 million in 2005, the largest increase in four years, even as poverty fell and household incomes rose, according to data released last...

U.S. scientists have discovered a third abnormality that might play a role in the development of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. The development of type 2 diabetes -- or at least part of it -- may be in your head, researchers said.