Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.  Today, more than at any other time in our history, the general population of the U.S. is addicted to sugar, salt, fat, and inactivity. While these addictions are dangerous for the general public, they can be deadly for those with diabetes. Patients with diabetes, or pre-diabetes, …

Possible hearing loss with Viagra. Men who took drug twice as likely to report hearing loss, study finds (more information soon). Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, May 18, 2010 Glitazone Preserves Beta Cell Function by 70%. See this week’s Item #6. Drinking Soda Linked to Pancreatic Cancer. See this …

Five Reasons Why Type 1 Diabetes is on the Rise: A 2009 study in The Lancet found that new cases of Type 1 diabetes in kids could double in the next 10 years. Possible reasons for this dramatic rise include: (1)Too big too fast. The “accelerator hypothesis” theorizes that children …

Working Overtime Raises Heart Disease Risk: The study found that, compared with people who did not work overtime, people who worked three or more hours longer than a normal, seven-hour day had a 60 percent higher risk of heart-related problems such as death due to heart disease, non-fatal heart attacks …

Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants….

The researchers said their findings highlighted the need for dentists to be part of the diabetes medical team along with doctors, dietitians, nurses and pharmacists working together in the treatment of people with diabetes. Infections increase blood sugars, periodontal disease is an infection, therefore we can assume that treating periodontal …

Patients whose fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-hour plasma glucose levels are both within the normoglycemia range are not necessarily off the hook. If their 2-hour glucose levels are higher than baseline, they’re at increased risk for insulin resistance and cardiovascular death, a new study shows…. 

Scientists from Yorkshire, U.K., have uncovered a new approach that could protect diabetes patients from heart damage linked to long-term treatment with insulin. The finding could change the way patients are treated…. 

In the first study of its type, Australian researchers have shown that healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts, when eating the exact same foods….

In patients with insulin resistance but near-normal glycated hemoglobin levels, pioglitazone (Actos) treatment cut the rate of progression to full-blown Type 2 diabetes by 70% relative to placebo, according to updated results from the ACT NOW study….