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Xultophy, a type 2 diabetes candidate, received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee. Xultophy is a once-daily single injection combination of insulin degludec and liraglutide. The CHMP recommended the approval of Xultophy for the treatment of adults suffering from type 2 diabetes in combination with glucose-lowering oral …

An analysis in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says replacing full-calorie foods and drinks with those using lower-calorie sweeteners resulted in modest improvements in BMI. The findings suggest that using lower-calorie sweeteners may boost adherence to weight-management initiatives. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2014 

A survey of parents whose children were enrolled at an obesity clinic found that 31.4% believed their child’s health was excellent or very good, and 28% did not see being overweight as a health problem. Parents were more likely to support dietary changes for their child over getting an hour …

Women close to menopause are commonly told to take supplements containing calcium and vitamin D to prevent diseases such as osteoporosis. Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., magnesium expert and advisory board member of the Nutritional Magnesium Association, explains: "When people consume too much calcium without sufficient magnesium, not only will it …

A new study examining individual counseling for self-care in patients with diabetes vs group education has found that the latter is associated with better outcomes. The research was carried out with more than 75,000 patients. Compared with those attending individual counseling, patients who went to group classes were less likely …

Previous studies have suggested that people given pioglitazone for type 2 diabetes were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. German researchers tracked a database of about 146,000 patients age 60 and older who initially did not have evidence of dementia. They speculated that pioglitazone helped prevent …

Eating instant noodles more than twice weekly was associated with an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome regardless of dietary patterns according to a team of researchers from Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, and Eulji University in Korea. Recognizing that "the consumption of instant noodles is relatively high in Asian populations," …

And consuming whey protein may even help increase insulin production. "Consumption of whey protein shortly before a high-glycemic index breakfast increased the early and late post-meal insulin secretion, improved GLP-1 responses and reduced post-meal blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetic patients," the authors wrote. "Whey protein may therefore represent …

Among patients with type 2 diabetes who start taking insulin, those who attain good glycemic control are less likely to have a major adverse cardiac event (MACE) in the medium term than those who fail to achieve this, a new study suggests. The findings come from the Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation …

Most adults exercising on a treadmill correctly identified light effort but underestimated how much added intensity would be needed to push their workout to a moderate or intense level. Also, only 24% of study participants correctly gauged how much to increase their pace to what would be considered a brisk …