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In a cohort study of about 4,300 girls, those who binged frequently — without "purging," or using laxatives or vomiting after a big meal — had nearly a four-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even after controlling for body mass index (OR 3.93, 95% CI 1.27 to 12.13), Alison Field, …

Senior author Sundeep Khosla, M.D., Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, stated that the skeleton should be recognized as another important target of diabetes complications. In a clinical study of 60 postmenopausal women, 30 of whom had type 2 diabetes, researchers performed micro indentation testing of the tibia to measure bone material strength. …

Patients who underwent bariatric surgery demonstrated significant weight loss and health improvements to diabetes, blood pressure and lipids after 3 years. The study showed that bariatric surgery leads to both significant and substantial weight change, and also fairly high rates of diabetes remission. At least in the severely obese, said …

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The American Pharmacists Association’s Project IMPACT: Diabetes program helped communities with large numbers of diabetes patients attain reductions in A1C, blood pressure, BMI and other markers across socioeconomic and ethnic groups. The program pairs community pharmacists with diabetes patients for direct counseling sessions, and pharmacists also collaborate with other members …

A new report found patients with diabetes had a twofold increased risk of having a disability and were nearly three times as likely to develop a severe or profound disability compared with those without the disease. Researchers also found 40% of diabetes patients with a disability reported being permanently unable …

A review of three major studies that looked at 11,000 patients younger than 60 who had coronary artery disease showed that the rate of coronary artery disease was four to five times higher in women with diabetes compared with their healthier peers. However, diabetes had little or no impact on …

New research revealed adults who gained more weight during their teenage years and early 20s had a higher risk of diabetes than those who maintained a stable weight. Researchers also noted a greater risk of adult-onset diabetes in teens who already had a high BMI. Attard SM, et al. "Longitudinal …

The study showed that the insulin pen had lower costs than the insulin aspart vial/syringe (n=9305; 62.7%-89%). The insulin aspart pen was also associated with fewer hypoglycemic episodes than the insulin aspart vial/syringe (35%-44%). Current Medical Research & Opinion 

Women with at least two of the three cardinal features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) should be considered to have the disorder, according to clinical practice guidelines released by the Endocrine Society. The new guidelines endorse the Rotterdam criteria for diagnosing PCOS, which identifies excess androgen production, ovulatory dysfunction, and …