Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.2 Familial Interventions (Part 1)  First, the descriptive literature of the family environment in supporting the young person with diabetes is probably the most extensively researched area on adolescent and childhood diabetes.

In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, Diabetes Mellitus 101 for Medical Professionals: An Aggressive Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes, we address some important aspects of tight blood glucose control including the ACCORD and other trial results….

Next week our patients will all be making their New Year’s resolutions and weight loss will be one that many of them make. After a month of eating everything the holidays have to offer they will all be looking for the holy grail of weight loss and you can bet …

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Antibodies Holds Keys to Diabetes Breakthrough See this week’s Item #3.

Obese Americans have smaller paychecks than those who aren’t overweight, and this difference is especially strong among women, a new study finds. The analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth revealed that in 2004, overall average annual incomes were $8,666 less for obese women and $4,772 less …

Men are three times more likely than women to struggle in telling their partner they need to lose weight, research has suggested. Almost a third of men (31%) do not want to confront their partner about shedding pounds, compared with 10% of women who would not be happy to tell …

Patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to let others view their medical information, according to a pair of U.S. studies, which surveyed more than 37,000 patients and more than 170 primary care doctors. Advocates of open-access medical records …

Men who were physically fit in their 40s and maintained that fitness level for a decade reduced their risk of all-cause death by 30% compared with men who were flabby at 40….

Factors that occur during fetal development may help identify offspring — particularly females — who are susceptible to the co-occurrence of major depression and cardiovascular disease in mid-life.…