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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 …

Actos Generic Available Shortly from Lupin – Lupin has announced that it received final approval from the FDA for pioglitazone tablets USP in 15-mg, 30-mg and 45-mg strengths. The product is the generic version of Actos tablets from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Albiglutide, Weekly Injectable GLP-1 Drug, Receives FDA Approval –  (See this week’s Item #6.) 

Out-of-pocket expenses for diabetes treatment have gone down for many U.S. patients over the past decade, according to a new study. But nearly a quarter of people with diabetes still face high expenses. In particular, (out-of-pocket) expenses declined in the people with public insurance and in people with low income …

 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 …

The authors of a new study found that the rise in diabetes from 5.5% to 9.3% of the U.S. population over the last 20 years paralleled the growing rate of obesity in America. Better screening tools such as the HbA1c diagnostic test have also helped physicians identify more diabetes cases, …

Childhood obesity carries an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child in lifetime direct medical costs, when compared to the medical costs to those of a normal weight child. When the estimate was applied for all 10-year-olds in the U.S. who are obese, the medical costs over a lifetime for …

Resveratrol was associated with significant improvements in fasting glucose, insulin and A1C levels in patients with diabetes, according to a meta-analysis. However, researchers did not observe the same benefits in those who did not have diabetes. From eleven studies with a total of 388 subjects researchers concluded that resveratrol significantly …

Consumption of carbohydrate-rich foods has fallen 5% during the last four years while protein-rich food consumption has risen 7% and will continue. Unlike the Atkins diet fad of the mid-2000s, this demand shift appears to have staying power as consumers holistically try to increase the ‘good fats’ in their diet …

However, minor depression did not appear to significantly impact renal disease outcomes for diabetes patients. When researchers followed 3,886 adults with diabetes for a median of 8.8 years, they found that major depressive symptoms were associated with a higher risk of incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD). "To our knowledge this …