Early diagnosis of silent celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes and institution of a gluten-free diet improves metabolic control and growth.

The most effective obesity agent ever discovered.

That, when compared to intensive exercise and aggressive diet changes.

In a controversial research study, a dozen diabetic children in Mexico have received insulin-producing islet cells from newborn baby pigs, lessening their need for insulin shots, and allowing one child to be off insulin injections for a year.

Purpose of study is to help doctors and patients find ways to manage diabetes more effectively.

Fish oil supplements may augment the ability of atorvastatin to control dyslipidemia in obese, insulin-resistant men.

Three drugs have been shown to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance, speakers said at the same Novartis Pharmaceuticals–sponsored symposium.

The molecule fetuin may play a significant role in the regulation of postprandial glucose disposal, insulin sensitivity, weight gain and fat accumulation.

SCREENING FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES DURING SECOND PREGNANCY MAY NOT BE NECESSARY

The response to aspirin is sub-optimal in many patients.