Analysis of data from nearly 30,000 women and 40,000 offspring showed that, individuals born to obese mothers have an increased risk for premature all-cause and cardiovascular death as adults….
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US News & World ReportTop 10 Hospitals for Diabetes and Endocrinology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle (tied) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, …
Read More »Diabetes Screenings Can Be Cost-saving for High Risk Population
Five screening tests were performed on 1,573 participants with no known diabetes status. Costs of screening were measured over three years and researchers compared costs for no screening, screening everyone for diabetes or high-risk prediabetes, and screening those with risk factors based on age, BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference, lipids, …
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes a Risk Factor for Falls in Elderly
In a study of older patients, both diabetic and non-diabetic, poor balance and diabetes were shown to be independent risk factors. According to multivariate logistic regression models, diabetes was found to be a major risk factor even after poor balance is corrected. "Systematic medication reviews, specific balance exercises and cognitive …
Read More »Insulin, GLP-1 Combination Therapy Results
A new combination of long-acting insulin plus a GLP-1 compound is in phase 3 trials and the results are outstanding….
Read More »Metformin Boosts Survival in Men with Diabetes, Prostate Cancer
The longer patients were treated with metformin after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, the greater their survival rates were, depending on the dose they were given….
Read More »The Effect of Whole Grain Foods on Diabetes and Obesity
Researchers assessed the impact of whole grains on the risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity and body weight measures, and cardiovascular disease in human studies as the basis for establishing an American Society for Nutrition (ASN) position….
Read More »Does Coated Aspirin Work Like Uncoated Aspirin?
A pseudoresistance to enteric-coated aspirin exists and is caused by its altered pharmacokinetics….
Read More »Meal Replacement Reduces Insulin Requirement and Lowers A1c, Weight
The study included 22 obese type 2 diabetic patients taking more than 100 units of insulin per day….
Read More »Low Carb Diets vs. Low Fat Diets Plus Orlistat
Two diets showed different A1c and antiglycemic medication effects despite similar weight loss in type 2 diabetes….
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