Early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes may be more beneficial than aggressive control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol… Screening to identify type 2 diabetes followed by early treatment could result in substantial health benefits, according to new research that combined large scale clinical observations and innovative …

Toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), a common skin bacteria, caused glucose intolerance in rabbit cells… Bacteria and viruses have an obvious role in causing infectious diseases, but microbes have also been identified as the surprising cause of other illnesses, including cervical cancer (Human papilloma virus) and stomach ulcers …

Sotagliflozin, a dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor, is a promising option as adjunct therapy for type 1 diabetes patients… In a randomized double blind phase 2 study, 33 type 1 diabetic patients were treated with either sotagliflozin or placebo. Researchers assessed safety, glycemic control, bolus insulin dose reduction which was …

American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) joint position statement…. There are four times the need for diabetes self-management education and support should be assessed: at diagnosis, annually, when there are new complications and during transitions of care. Research …

How low should we go? A new study is a 10-year follow-up to the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial in which 1,791 type 2 diabetics over the age of 60 were enrolled. The veterans were randomly placed in either the “standard” therapy group that had a higher HbA1c goal or the …

Causing more harm than good for patients…

Trans fatty acid consumption correlates with diabetes risk…

However, peanut butter was not related to mortality…. Nut intake has been associated with lower mortality, but few studies have investigated causes of death other than cardiovascular disease, and dose-response relationships remain unclear. Researchers from the Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherland, investigated the relationship of nut (tree nut, peanut) …

Treatment with canagliflozin, an SGLT-2 inhibitor, was associated with reductions in body weight, HbA1c and systolic blood pressure.

Inactivity seems to compromise the cardiometabolic system…. The study with 4,600 children found that children who engage in daily physical exercise reap the health benefits as early as their teens. They found that those who were more active in late childhood had a lower body weight and lower risk factors for …