Adding walnuts to a low-fat diet improves lipid profile for patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Intensive Psychotherapy Helps Diabetes Control in Adolescents
Intensive, home-based psychotherapy can significantly reduce diabetes-related stress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Read More »VA Tracks A1c Over Time to Evaluate Quality of Care
125 Veterans Health Administration facilities nationwide analyzed results over 2 years of the A1c test, the gold standard for monitoring how well patients have managed their diabetes in recent weeks and months.
Read More »Depression Increases Mortality in Patients with Type 2
Both major and minor depression were found to be associated with significantly higher mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes compared with nondepressed patients with diabetes alone.
Read More »Hidden Sugar Possible Reason for Increase in Diabetes in U.S.
University of Florida researchers have identified one possible reason for rising obesity rates, and it all starts with fructose, found in fruit, honey, table sugar and other sweeteners, and in many processed foods.
Read More »Evidence Supports First Non-Injectable Insulin as Alternative Treatment for Diab
It is only a matter of time before it is approved. See Editor’s note.
Read More »Study Suggests Alzheimer’s is Another Form of Diabetes, Type 3
Could Alzheimer’s be a form of diabetes? That’s the suggestion from a new study that finds insulin production in the brain declines as Alzheimer’s disease advances.
Read More »Topical Tretinoin Improved Foot Ulcers in Patients With Diabetes
Topical tretinoin therapy, normally used for acne and wrinkles, significantly decreased ulcer area and depth compared with placebo treatment over the 16 weeks of the study.
Read More »Novo Nordisk’s New GLP-1 Drug Liraglutide Completes Phase 2b Study Successfully
Drops A1c by 1.5 to 2 points and drops body weight by 6.6 pounds in 14 weeks, without hypoglycemia.
Read More »Diabetes Reduces Cognitive Ability in Middle Age
Other studies have demonstrated poorer cognitive function in order adults with type 2 diabetes, but a new study extends this also to middle-aged adults also.
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