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Just Slightly Reducing Sugar Intake, Increasing Fiber Consumption Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Hispanic Teenagers
Individuals who reduced added sugar intake by the equivalent of 1 can of soda per day or increased fiber intake by the equivalent of a cup of beans showed improvements in key risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, specifically in insulin secretion and visceral fat.
Read More »Nearly Twenty Percent of US 4-Year-Olds Are Obese
A striking new study says almost one in five American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly one-third of them obese.
Read More »Low Testosterone Levels Linked to Statin Therapy for Men With Type 2 Diabetes
In diabetic men treated with statins, particularly atorvastatin, evaluating androgen status using total testosterone may cause diagnostic error, according to the results of a cross-sectional study.
Read More »Too Much Protein or Too Many Carbs?
Why is it that not everybody who is overweight develops diabetes, and not every person with diabetes is overweight? That’s where the disease gets complicated
Read More »Severe Hypoglycemia Associated with Increased Risk of Dementia for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study.
Read More »Intensive Therapy Compromises Regulatory Response to Hypoglycemia in Diabetics
According to a recent study, both intensive oral combination therapy and antecedent hypoglycemia blunt the body’s physiological defenses against later hypoglycemia in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Cost-Effective for Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Bariatric Surgery
Induced weight loss by surgery is cost-effective relative to conventional therapy for the management of Type 2 diabetes in obese patients, both in the short term and projected over a patient’s lifetime. And the return on investment of surgical therapy is fully recovered through
Read More »Pharmacist Coaches Reduce Health Care Costs and Improve Patient Health
Results of the Diabetes Ten City Challenge (DTCC) released last week by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation demonstrate how employers and pharmacists can work together to help people with diabetes manage their disease and reduce health care costs
Read More »Proteinuria Independently Related to Stroke in Type 1 Diabetes
Several possible illness-related neuropathological processes, including gliosis, demyelination, and altered osmolarity, can develop in young Type 1 diabetes patients 12 years after
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