The partners of patients with type 2 diabetes experience at least as much depression and anxiety as the diabetic patients themselves, especially if they are female.

Although conventional wisdom is that obesity causes high cholesterol, results of a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that, at least for girls, high cholesterol can be a marker of obesity developing later in childhood.

Diabetes and its complications are the leading cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations in the United States. Neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, is a major contributing force leading to lower extremity amputation. Neuropathy leads to an anesthetic foot with increased pressure on the sole of the foot. This increased …

Beta cell function can be preserved in patients with type 1 diabetes for at least two years after diagnosis by adding nicotinamide (NA) therapy to intensive insulin therapy (IIT).

Waist circumference is a better indicator of cardiovascular (CV) risk than is body mass index (BMI). that, according to results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III published in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Aerobic exercise training can improve endothelial function.

Anemia affects a significant proportion of people with diabetes and is a key indicator of early kidney disease.

Elevated blood pressure and increased glucose levels are risk factors for the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, blood pressure, but not glucose levels, appears to influence the risk of macrovascular complications.

Insulin resistance is most predictive of diabetic nephropathy in the long-term, according to the results of a 10-year prospective study

Insulin resistance is most predictive of diabetic nephropathy in the long-term, according to the results of a 10-year prospective study published in the September issue of Kidney International.