Researchers found that short-term overeating and reduced physical activity lowered participants’ insulin sensitivity and altered expression patterns of several genes and proteins within adipose tissue. The study included 26 healthy, habitually active men aged 18 to 32 years. The affected genes are involved in nutritional homeostasis, metabolism, and insulin action …

Michael Wirth, MSPH, Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, analyzed the relationship between shiftwork and pro-inflammatory diet using data from a nationwide sample of employed adults. Based on diet questionnaires, the researchers calculated a "dietary inflammatory index" (DII) for each individual. The greater the DII score, the more …

Responses in focus groups point to a "disconnect" between patients with these conditions and their providers…. 

Both high and low dose steroids now correlated with increased risk of diabetes…. 

High blood glucose affects brain’s hippocampus even in non-diabetics…. 

CVD preventive treatment should also be started much earlier in patients with lower risk…. 

Researchers suggest that fruit juice should not be considered as one of the five recommended portions of healthy vegetables or fruits consumed in a day….

A molecule inhibiting blood vessel growth in patients with diabetes, PGC-1 alpha, may be the culprit….

How quickly are clinicians identifying prediabetes in their patients, and then following up and treating it?… 

In large international sample of patients with mental disorders, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa were found to have an even stronger association with diabetes than other disorders….