In the 24-week study, improved HbA1c and cholesterol reduced the need for medications…   Type 2 diabetes patients are often advised to make dietary decisions that are high in carbohydrates and low in fat and protein. Increased carbohydrates lead to high postprandial glucose readings. Due to this, there is interest …

Lab models that develop diabetes and cancer and that lacked Sirtuin 3 also developed pulmonary hypertension… A University of Alberta team has discovered a protein that is important in the development of pulmonary hypertension which is caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs due to excessive …

In patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, the risk of diabetes was over three times higher in those with increased serum calcium levels… Calcium is needed for the release of insulin to respond to higher amounts of blood glucose. It is possible that if serum calcium is not well …

Deferoxamine delivered through the skin has the potential to prevent amputations… Stanford University School of Medicine researchers presented results at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress showing they have developed a drug delivered via a skin patch that can heal wounds and prevent those wounds from reoccurring. Geoffrey …

Pre-diabetes patients show blunted taste response similar to diagnosed diabetes patients…   The decrease in sweet taste sensitivity which can lead to an increase in sugar intake might be a factor driving people with prediabetes to overt diabetes. Researchers assessed the sweet taste sensitivity in pre-diabetics in comparison with diabetics …

Study finds drug combination increases costs and morbidity rates…. In a retrospective cohort study, researchers assessed Texas Medicare claims from 2006 to 2009 for patients 66 years or older who were prescribed glipizide or glyburide and who also filled a prescription for 1 of the 16 antimicrobials most commonly prescribed. …

Smoking during the first trimester may increase risk of type 2 diabetes later in life….

New study found low cognitive function may be a risk factor for diabetes…

Patients with type 2 diabetes and mild renal impairment experienced improved glycemic control when treated with ipragliflozin… According to lead author Atsunori Kashiwagi, MD, PhD, of Kusatsu General Hospital in Shiga, among patients with mild renal impairment, patients receiving ipragliflozin had a mean decrease in HbA1c of 0.56% at 6 …

Results show that a stricter target of 80-110 mg/dL is not superior to 110-140 mg/dL in mortality and morbidity rate…. Hyperglycemia is common among hospitalized patients; an intensive goal in hyperglycemia management of blood glucose is 80-110 mg/dL Studies have shown increased rates of hypoglycemia without morbidity and mortality with …