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Recent study reported a significant increase in all-cause mortality associated with the use of metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Educating patients about diabetes management during Ramadan can potentially increase health outcomes… One of the five pillars of Islam is Ramadan. During Ramadan, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, using oral and injectable medications, and smoking from before dawn until after sunset. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) published a report in …

Vitamin D deficiency can lead to serious health conditions in gestational diabetes patients… Vitamin D deficiency is a common diagnosis that affects 26-98% of pregnant women. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with type 2 diabetes, obesity and other factors of metabolic syndrome. Another condition that is associated with insulin …

People who sleep 9 or more hours per night are associated with higher risk of incident diabetes according a recent study… Evidences suggests that diabetes and sleep problems are linked to each other. Diabetes can cause insomnia in some people and sleep deprivation may increase for developing diabetes. In a …

Results from a three-year study show surgical intervention is superior to intensive lifestyle intervention in achieving meaningful, lasting glycemic control in type 2 diabetes… A study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center beginning in October 2009 and concluding in June of 2014 randomized 61 obese patients (BMIs ranged …

The risk of eating disorders and disordered eating behavior is higher for female adolescents with type 1 diabetes than their non-diabetic counterparts, and remains higher well into adulthood… A recently study followed 126 adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes treated at the diabetes center of the Hospital for Sick Children …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Having ineffective insulin action, or an insulin resistant state, is associated with numerous health risks, such as hyperinsulinemia, or high levels of insulin in the blood, that may damage blood vessels and contribute to arterial plaque formation and heart disease. A decrease in your …

Patients who learn of their status and alter their lifestyle may be able to reverse their disease… Only about one in eight people with so-called pre-diabetes, often a precursor to full-blown disease, know they have a problem, a U.S. study found. Lacking awareness, people with the elevated blood sugar levels …

Overweight and obese patients taking liraglutide (Saxenda) lost more weight than those on placebo… According to a study of 3,731 patients, those on liraglutide lost an average of 8.4±7.3 kg of body weight, and those in the placebo group lost an average of 2.8±6.5 kg (P

A female chef, 28 years of age with type 1 diabetes over 18 years, reported extreme glucose excursions. She had pretty good control up until she took on this profession….