Adding inhaled insulin to an oral antihyperglycemic (OHA) treatment regimen can significantly improve glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes who are unable to achieve a satisfactory response with OHAs alone.

Patients with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease but without overt nephropathy exhibit a slow but significant course of renal insufficiency.

Single daily dose injections of either NPH insulin, biphasic insulin aspart, or biphasic human insulin in combination with metformin are equally effective strategies for starting type 2 diabetes patients on insulin therapy.

Lipid abnormalities remain common in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes even though they adhere to current dietary recommendations.

Health experts warned that, obesity affects three times more people in Britain now than it did 20 years ago and levels could soar to 40% of the population within a single generation.

Ezetimib (Zetia) reduced levels of C-reactive protein by 33.3% when used in combination with simvastatin

Many people who take aspirin for a heart condition appear to have an unexpectedly high risk of serious cardiac problems when they stop the medication, even on a doctor’s order.

Obesity in younger adults causes the usual course of type 2 diabetes to be more aggressive and makes them 14 times more likely to have a heart attack and 30 times more likely to have a stroke.

Study supports previous reports on the protective effects of whole grains on the risk of developing diabetes.

Physicians should use TZDs with caution in patients with heart failure, [and] remain vigilant for manifestation of heart failure in those receiving these drugs.