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Diabetes among US Adults Grew by 45% over 20 Years See this week’s Item #2. 

The Milliman Medical Index measures the healthcare costs for a typical American family of four receiving healthcare benefits through an employer-sponsored preferred provider organization plan. For the second consecutive year, the increase over the prior year on a percentage basis was the lowest in the history of the study and …

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 …

Researchers from Sweden have demonstrated that brown cells as well as "brite" cells exist in the neck region in adult humans. The "classical" brown fat tissue, common in newborns but previously not thought to be present in adults, has potent energy burning capacity. "If we can find out how to …

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 …

CAD Risk for Pre-Diabetes Comparable to Diabetes See this week’s Item #3.

Most American adults aren’t meeting the federal physical activity recommendations for both aerobic exercise and muscle-strengthening activity, according to new government statistics. About 79% of adults don’t meet the physical activity guidelines that advise getting at least 2½ hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity such as brisk walking, or …

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 …