USA is Fattest of 33 Countries: The U.S. is the fattest nation among 33 countries with advanced economies, according to a report. Two-thirds of people in this country are overweight or obese: about a third of adults — more than 72 million — are obese, which is roughly 30 pounds …

Insulin Use is Dropping While Diabetes Rates are Rising: More people with diabetes are taking pills to treat their disease, while the percentage using insulin has dropped, according to a new government survey. The proportion of Americans with diabetes who took oral medications increased from 60% in 1997 to 77% …

Implantable device promises diabetes patients continuous exenatide therapy with 100% compliance. Tolerability and weight loss was better with ITCA 650 20 μg/day than with exenatide injections…. 

Patients with hyperglycemia during acute illness who are not diagnosed with diabetes should be considered a population at increased risk for developing diabetes… 

Low doses of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) associate cross-sectionally with Type 2 diabetes, whereas associations with high POP exposures are inconsistent…

The efficacy and safety of and key clinical considerations for using U-500 insulin human regular in the treatment of high-dose insulin-treated patients in a wide variety of settings are examined…

Researchers say clinicians should consider seasonal variations in systolic blood pressure when treating patients with diabetic nephropathy, after finding seasonal variations in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), likely linked to blood-pressure changes… 

An intensive lifestyle change program helped people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight and keep it off, a new study shows. Intensive lifestyle change program yielded better results than support group. Diabetes control and cardiovascular risks were sustained over four years….

Garlic has “significant” potential for preventing cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease that is a leading cause of death in people with diabetes, scientists from the Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taiwan, have concluded in a new study. The report also explains why people with diabetes …

A national epidemiologic study finds a strong, consistent correlation between adult diabetes and particulate air pollution that persists after adjustment for other risk factors like obesity and ethnicity. The relationship was seen even at exposure levels below the current EPA safety limit…