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An international study indicates acarbose could be used to delay the development of Type II diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.

CGMS is a useful adjunct in the diagnosis and evaluation of hypoglycemia.

Growth hormone and metformin may be effective treatments for metabolic syndrome.

The level of care that diabetes patients receive in the United States falls far below current national recommendations, that from the Annals of Internal Medicine.

New definition based on heart risk

Children of centenarians are less likely than children of shorter-lived parents to have certain life-shortening diseases, providing further evidence that longevity runs in families, researchers report.

Fifty years since it was demonstrated that diabetes is associated with loss of bone mass.

“Five year results of a very low calorie diet or conventional weight loss program in type 2 diabetes.”

ADVERSE DRUG EFFECTS

Although statins have been linked to increased risk of myopathy, an article in the May 14 issue of Neurology suggests that peripheral neuropathy may also be a delayed adverse effect.