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The independent panel of national experts also said in the new draft recommendation statement that there is not enough evidence to weigh the benefits and risks of screening for diabetes that develops during pregnancy before 24 weeks. "It’s important to remember that each case of gestational diabetes affects two people: …

Individuals who ate sweets at least every other day were no more likely to gain excess weight and did not have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who consumed sweets once a week or less, according to the US National Cancer Institute’s analysis of NHANES 05-06 data. Sweets …

While symptoms of gastroparesis are common in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients, the condition is significantly underdiagnosed in the latter population. Lead researcher Dr. Lee M. Kaplan said, "The surprisingly high prevalence of gastroparesis symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes suggests a need for greater awareness …

Type 2 diabetes patients who go to bed late and sleep in late showed higher BMI and A1c rates, had more depressive symptoms, and were more likely to require insulin. Patients who sleep late also tend to eat more calories at dinner, which may lead to negative metabolic effects, researchers …

The risk of hypoglycemic events during hospitalization was 2.5 to three times higher in older black men with diabetes, but not in women, compared with other patients ages 65 and older. Higher hospital hypoglycemia rates were also seen in patients ages 75 and older and those with a medical history …

A new published study has found that beta-cell dysfunction, not merely insulin resistance, may explain the early stages of type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians. One-thousand two-hundred sixty-four individuals without known diabetes in the Diabetes Community Lifestyle Improvement Program in Chennai, India, had a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, with …

One in five patients with a mean age of 19 scored in the depressive range on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. In turn, depressive symptoms were associated with poorer adherence to treatment (F=3.56, P

Using results from the EPIC study, researchers also found that the increase in risk fell slightly after adjusting the findings to take account of BMI. This suggests it was not simply being overweight that led to the trend, they said. A total of 350,000 individuals were questioned about their diet, …

Overweight and obese diabetes patients who followed a low-glycemic diet reduced their need for anti-diabetes drugs by 86% at three weeks, compared with 6% in those who had a low-fat diet. However, the transition to a low-glycemic diet helped cut medication needs by 57% among those in the low-fat group, …

Mangos may have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, U.S. researchers suggest. Daily freeze-dried mango intake resulted in significantly lower blood glucose levels in obese participants at 12 weeks. However, researchers did not observe body-composition changes in men or women and found …