A recent published study evaluated 98 youths aged 10 to 18 years with BMI ≥85th percentile and not on medication for glucose management to determine if HbA1c or the oral glucose tolerance test is a better predictor of free-living glycemia as measured by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). A blinded CGM …

The Endocrine Society has released a clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological management of obesity that includes recommendations on strategies for prescribing weight loss drugs.

An ultra-thin, flexible sensor that sticks to the skin like a temporary tattoo can detect a person’s blood glucose levels… “The sensor represents the first example of an easy-to-wear flexible tattoo-based epidermal diagnostic device combining reverse iontophoretic extraction of interstitial glucose and an enzyme-based amperometric biosensor,” the researchers wrote. In …

The FDA has approved the Maestro Rechargeable System for treatment of obesity… The Maestro Rechargeable System is indicated for treatment of patients aged at least 18 years with a BMI of 35 to 45 with at least one obesity-related condition and who have failed to lose weight on a weight …

According to a new retrospective study acarbose may not have a cardioprotective effect as good as metformin when used as first-line therapy… This study analyzed 17,366 patients who initiated acarbose therapy and 230,023 who initiated metformin therapy. Both nephropathy and diabetes complication severity index were strongly associated with the patients …

In the study, the older athletes’ physical functions were more similar to that of young adults than of people their age… In a cross-sectional cohort study, researchers measured the relationship between age and physiological activity in healthy older individuals. The study included 84 male and 41 female cyclists aged 55 …

For every 0.56 mmol/L increase in fasting blood glucose there was a 14% increase in the rate of pancreatic cancer… In previous studies, an assumption has been made that diabetes may be either a risk factor or a symptom of pancreatic cancer. To investigate this connection, researchers examined both linear …

Low mood in healthy children is associated with poorer metabolic health independently of adiposity… Mood comprises two main traits – positive and negative affect, both associated with depression and anxiety. Studies in children have linked depression with obesity, but the association with metabolic health is unclear. Researchers from Plymouth University …

The association was also found to be stronger in younger women than in older women… Data from a large ongoing study into the health of African-American women show that those who work night shifts are significantly more likely to develop diabetes than those who have never worked night shifts, with …

Anemia is higher in older type 2 diabetes patients… The chances of an anemia diagnosis increase with age and it affects roughly about 10% of those 65 years of age or older. In diabetes patients, the probability of diagnosing anemia could be two to threefold higher and furthermore, from previous …