Obesity is a major public health concern in the United States and medical professionals are not exempt from the problem.

Exenatide reduces blood glucose, reduces weight and may restore beta cell function.

Blood pressure drug reduces risk of diabetes by 23%.

A jury in Los Angeles on Thursday found that a diabetes drug sold by Warner-Lambert, was not responsible for the deaths or illness of three plaintiffs.

A once-daily oral agent that preserves the action of the glucagon like peptide GLP-1, improves glycemic control in patients who are inadequately controlled with metformin.

Even non-obese healthy men native to the subcontinent of India are at greater risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, because their bodies metabolize fat like people who are obese.

Glycemic control unaffected

Effect appears to be lost in the third generation.

Insulin resistance occurs in 80% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Half of people with diabetes have uncontrolled hypertension.