Gentle yoga classes may help people with type 2 diabetes take off a small amount of weight and steady their blood sugar control.…

A less common form of obesity surgery may spur more weight loss than its far more popular cousin, gastric bypass, but at the price of greater long-term risks, researchers reported.…

In a new study that challenges how diabetes is controlled, researchers found boosting the activity of proteins activated by inflammation might be beneficial, contradicting current views. Inflammation brought about by obesity is blamed as a major contributor to type 2 diabetes.…

Some dieters say that eating less at one meal is ineffective, because people compensate by eating more at other meals. Not so, say the results of a new study.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mr. AT self-referred to the diabetes center for advice when he was told he needed insulin by his GP. “I have type 2 diabetes which is reasonably controlled on DiaBeta (glibenclamide) …

  This week we continue our series of Homerun Slides on Pathophysiology in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: New Agents with information on Colesevelam….

By Brandon Flohr PharmD Candidate, LECOM College of Pharmacy   When the topic of diabetes comes up, the two forms that are discussed the most are type I and type II diabetes (TIIDM). There are nearly “26 million diagnosed and undiagnosed adults” with diabetes in the United States and this …

Could chopsticks be the answer to diabetes and obesity? In a study released from Otago University the speed of eating has a big effect on weight gain and if we could just slow them down then maybe weight gain would slow down to. Can you imagine if we did away with …

Linagliptin has received approval in Europe for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Abbott is permanently discontinuing the FreeStyle Navigator CGMS System in the U.S. Supplies will continue to be available until March 2012. EpiPen and EpiPen Jr single packages have been discontinued and will be supplied in 2-Paks only. …

Researchers have developed a new test that checks a person’s sweat to monitor blood sugar levels. The sweat meter can be attached to a smartphone. The phone can then alert patients when their blood sugar is getting low. It would benefit athletes or patients who don’t get the usual warning …