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Data on 99,316 middle-aged and older women showed those who engaged in muscle-strengthening and conditioning activities had a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with their sedentary counterparts. The most substantial risk reduction was seen in women who engaged in at least 150 minutes/week of aerobic activity and …

In a recent study, dental patients 45 years and older who were unaware of their diabetic status had an evaluation for diabetes risk with the ADA Diabetes Risk Test and then an A1c test where the risk was elevated. Participants in the study with an A1c level of 5.7% or …

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall for specific lots of its insulin pump cartridges, the company announced. Tandem found that certain cartridges for its t:slim insulin pump could be prone to leak though no customer complaints have been reported, Tandem said. However, a cartridge leak could potentially …

FDA Approves New Diabetes Drug. See this week’s Item #1. Truebalance and Truetrack Blood Glucose Meters by Nipro Diagnostics: Recall – Incorrect Factory-set Measure. Meters have an incorrect factory-set unit of measure that displays the glucose result in mmol/L rather than mg/dl. www.NiproDiagnostics.com/product-notice

Obese mice treated with the asthma drug amlexanox had a renewed sensitivity to catecholamines, utilized excess energy, and returned to normal size, according to Alan R. Saltiel, PhD, University of Michigan. "There is considerable evidence to suggest that in states of obesity, adipose tissue becomes less sensitive to catecholamines because …

A team led by Laurent Azoulay, MD, of McGill University in Montreal, studied 11,920 men newly diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). The cohort included 1,132 men (9.5%) with pre-existing type 2 diabetes. A total of 3,605 deaths, including 1,792 from PCa, occurred during a mean 4.7 years of follow-up. …

Labeling foods with a traffic-light system may help promote healthy eating, a study at the cafeteria of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston indicated. Researchers found that sales of green-labeled healthy foods increased 12%, while sales of red-labeled junk foods and unhealthy drinks declined by 20% and 39% respectively. American Journal …

The AACE has released its first annual list of the most frequently searched endocrine medical conditions. The top 10 searched endocrine conditions were: (1) Thyroid (2) Diabetes (3) Women’s endocrine health (4) Parathyroid disorders (5) Low thyroid hormone levels (hypothyroidism) (6) Men’s endocrine health (7) Adrenal glands (8) Nutrition (9) …

The results of a new study showed that type 1 diabetes patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy had greater prevalence of cerebral microangiopathies than those without retinopathy and control group subjects. "The associations between cerebral microbleeds and peripheral microvascular function in skin [have] not been reported before and support the hypothesis …

Artificial sweeteners sucralose, acesulfame potassium, and the two combined seem to generate the same neutral reaction on the appetite-reducing hormone GLP-1 as water. After an overnight fast, each subject consumed either 240 ml of water alone or equivalently sweetened with 1) 52 mg sucralose, 2) 200 mg AceK or 3) …