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The results come from a multi-year medical research study released last week that examined health issues among U.S. Hispanic/Latino groups. "As a group, approximately one-third of Hispanics with the disease do not know they have diabetes," stated Larissa Aviles-Santa, the study’s project director and Medical Officer with the National Heart, …

Testosterone therapy was associated with increased lean mass and lower fat mass in men with type 2 diabetes and low testosterone levels in a recent study. However, the treatment did not fare better than placebo in improving insulin resistance, glycemic control and visceral adiposity in patients, researchers reported in Diabetes …

In a recent analysis, resveratrol was seen to strengthen the effects of metformin, help prevent the onset of nephropathy and retinopathy, and improve cardiac health in patients with type 2 diabetes. Data also showed the compound may help lower blood pressure and body weight, and improve cholesterol levels. This is …

A follow-up study of patients with PD who participated in an earlier "proof of concept" clinical trial using exenatide showed that improvements persisted twelve months after discontinuing exenatide therapy. Several recent discoveries have highlighted common cellular pathways that potentially relate neurodegenerative processes with abnormal mitochondrial function and abnormal glucose metabolism. …

A study revealed diabetes patients who received care at a patient-centered medical home attained a 21% reduction in health costs at one year. Researchers also noted a 34% decrease in emergency department visits, an 18% drop in specialist visits, and a 32% cut in outpatient care costs. Researchers analyzed nearly …

A lower percentage of type 2 diabetes cases is going undiagnosed than was the case in the past couple of decades, researchers found. In an analysis of NHANES data, only 11% of the national burden of diabetes was attributable to undiagnosed cases, compared with 16% about 15 years earlier. The …

According to a three year study, more people are using fitness trackers, but the devices are most effective as part of an employee wellness program that includes incentives linked to a healthy lifestyle. In the study, people who had not participated in fitness activities prior to using a fitness tracker …

Data on U.S. residents showed those of South Asian descent had a diabetes prevalence of 23%, compared with 6% in whites, 18% in blacks, 17% in Latinos and 13% in Chinese-Americans. However, traditional risk factors did not appear to explain the heightened prevalence among South Asians, researchers said. "The study …

Researchers in the UK have detected energy-burning "brown fat" through MRI for the first time according to a new published study. Thomas Barber, MBBS, DPhil, from the department of metabolic and vascular health at Warwick Medical School, said that, "The MRI allows us to distinguish between the brown fat, and …

 An ‘alarming’ rise in obesity has contributed to a dramatic increase in the prevalence of diabetes in the U.S, according to a new study. Researchers examined the prevalence of diabetes, prediabetes, and glycemic control in 43,439 adults in the NHANES study from 1988 to 1994 and 1999 to 2010. The …