A type of “good” fat found in the body, which helps burn calories, can be activated by cold temperatures. Can cooling vests be the answer to preventing type 2 diabetes?… 

Use of the anti-diabetic agent pioglitazone (Actos) is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer, a nested case-control study confirmed…. 

Waist size can predict your diabetes risk, even if you are not obese….

Patients with diabetes had a high rate of major bleeding regardless of aspirin use….

For patients with type 2 diabetes, depression is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, regardless of previous cardiovascular disease….

Hypoglycemia linked to reduction in low-frequency component of heart rate variability in type 1 diabetes….

Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who increased their habitual dietary fructose consumption experienced reduced hepatic adenosine triphosphate concentrations…. 

By Richard S. Beaser, M.D., and Richard Jackson, MD       Can you name 7 symptoms of diabetes besides the classic symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia as well as weight loss?….

  With this week’s selection of Homerun Slides, we have Part 2 of the ADA-EASD Position Statement on the Management of Hyperglycemia in T2DM, with coverage of Glycemic Targets, Therapeutic Options, and Implementation Strategies.

Report by Jacqueline Vogt, PharmD Candidate, UF College of Pharmacy More than one-third of adults and approximately 17% of children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey1.