Using a computer model to analyze data from the 2003-2010 NHANE survey, researchers found that significant cost savings could be made if prediabetes patients made lifestyle changes… The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends combined diet and physical activity promotion programs for people at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, …
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Nordic Diet Reduces Inflammatory Gene Activity in Adipose Tissue
The Nordic diet included whole grain products, root vegetables, berries, low-fat dairy products, and three servings of fish per week….
Read More »Many Type 2 Patients Discouraged from Taking Metformin
Amending the label for metformin could open up the drug to a million more patients… Researchers from Penn Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College report this week in a published research letter that, many patients with type 2 diabetes in the United States may be discouraged from taking metformin — …
Read More »Two MicroRNAs Identify Prediabetes
Serum levels of 2 microRNAs, miR-192 and miR-193b, can be used to identify individuals with prediabetes, researchers report… The uncontrolled hyperglycemic excursions associated with prediabetes are stressful for the body, and miRNAs are thought to be critical regulators of stress. Dr. Marcelina Párrizas from Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, Barcelona, …
Read More »Low Birth Weight Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk
A number of related factors could alert physicians to a greater likelihood that a patient who had low birth weight is at greater risk… A new study of more than 3,000 women confirms that low birthweight predicts an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood and reports which intermediating …
Read More »New Type of Pill Tricks the Body into Losing Weight
Salk Institute for Biological Studies researchers have developed an entirely new type of pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed calories, causing it to burn fat…. The compound effectively stopped weight gain, lowered cholesterol, controlled blood sugar and minimized inflammation in mice, making it an excellent candidate …
Read More »Obesity Not Unhealthy for Some
Obesity does not always go hand in hand with metabolic changes in the body that can lead to diabetes, heart disease and stroke, according to a new published study… In a study at Washington University School of Medicine, researchers found that a subset of obese people do not have common …
Read More »Innovative Device Hits European Market
MiniMed Duo integrates glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy into one…
Read More »PTSD Doubles Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women
Women with post-traumatic stress disorder are nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with women who don’t have PTSD….
Read More »Ease Into Standing Desk Work Habits
Some 50% to 70% of people spend six or more hours each day sitting, according to 2012 NHANES data, and prolonged sitting is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, and early mortality. Standing desks are becoming more common as research shows the health risks of too …
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