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New data presented at the World Diabetes Congress showed type 1 diabetes patients who developed diabetic neuropathy had significantly lower corneal nerve fiber length at baseline than those who did not develop the condition during a three-year follow-up period. Evaluating corneal nerve fiber length may be a useful means to …

Children who had an increase in body mass index before age 4 had a greater likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome at 12 years of age than their peers according to a new study. Researchers also found that boys who experienced an increase in BMI at younger ages were more likely …

Female type 2 diabetes patients younger than 45 years were more than three times as likely to experience early menopause than their healthier peers, a study indicated. Researchers also found the mean age of menopause in women with diabetes was 48.5 years, compared with 50.1 years in those without diabetes. …

Bristol-Myers Squibb Selling Global Diabetes Business  Bristol-Myers Squibb is selling its global diabetes business which includes the blockbuster drugs Byetta, Bydureon, and Onglyza, to AstraZeneca. 

According to updated analyses of the effects of weight-loss surgery from 164 studies, following 161,756 patients aged about 46 with a BMI of 46, BMI loss five years after surgery ranged from 12% to 17%, complication rates ranged from 10% to 17%, and the reoperation rate was about 7%. Among …

Among more than 7,200 older women, the average amount of time spent in sedentary behavior was 9.7 hours each day, or 65.5% of their waking hours. Researchers noted that about one-third of sedentary periods lasted approximately 30 minutes. JAMA 2013;310:2562-3 

In a recent study, secure messaging was the most popular choice for diabetes patients in post education programs, followed by in-person and phone-based interventions. However, fewer patients in the secure messaging arm finished the intervention compared with the other group, researchers found. The complexity of secure messaging may have played …

Taking insulin sensitizers was associated with a lower risk of developing cancer in women with type 2 diabetes compared with other types of medications, according to an analysis involving more than 25,600 patients. In contrast, insulin secretagogues were tied to higher cancer odds. Researchers failed to find a similar link …

Data on 1,791 type 2 diabetes patients who were on metformin treatment showed that those who took bromocriptine-QR had a 53% decline in cardiovascular events compared with the placebo arm. The findings were presented at the American Heart Association meeting. ADA Scientific Sessions 2013 

Eating a big, high-protein breakfast may be an effective strategy for improving glycemic control in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes, findings from a small study suggested. When such patients were randomized to eat either small, carbohydrate-heavy breakfasts or larger fat- and protein-centric morning meals for 3 months, the big-breakfast …