Decaf coffee was found to improve glucose energy metabolism in the brain in mouse studies.…

The 50-g glucose challenge test is an “acceptable” screening test for GDM but it can’t replace the OGTT.…

Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition, and the likelihood is linked to the mother’s glucose level.…

New study finds exercise in low oxygen environment may result in improved insulin sensitivity….

Pancreas can taste fructose, hinting at links to diabetes.…

Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren’t at higher risk of early death than people who don’t “yo-yo diet”….

Each day in the pharmacy we get prescriptions with the three scariest words in medicine: “Take as directed.” Since diabetes patients on average take seven medications it’s impossible to expect them to remember how to take all of them and this week’s Diabetes Disaster Averted reminds us of this dangerous …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.1 Introduction  Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder affecting older adults.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we present Part 6 of Dr. Stanley Schwartz’s series on An Aggressive Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes, in which we will look closely at at "Modern Insulin Resistant Man" who is locked into "Seasonal Insulin Resistance Syndrome Physiology"….

This week there is a wealth of information on new drugs for diabetes and weight loss; see FDA Approves Eli Lilly Diabetes Combo Drug Jentadueto, Efficacy and Safety of Bydureon Versus Metformin, Pioglitazone, and Sitagliptin as Monotherapy, and Obesity Drug to Get Broader Label. New research also shows how chemical …