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Findings suggest that CPAP treatment, if used for 8 hours per night, can help people with prediabetes improve their blood sugar levels and may reduce the risk of progressing to diabetes. … Many people with prediabetes have untreated sleep apnea, although few of them are aware of it. The most …

Obesity in childhood may predispose to poor psychosocial health…. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, investigated whether or not the completion of secondary school (9 school years) and upper secondary school (+3y) was lower in children treated for obesity than in matched controls. A total of 1061 individuals, over …

University of Missouri researchers find eating breakfast increases release of insulin after lunch… Individuals with type 2 diabetes have difficulty regulating their glucose — or blood sugar — levels, particularly after meals. This research can help in preventing the spikes. According to Jill Kanaley, professor and associate chair in the …

Odds increased nearly 50 percent with 60 minutes or more of daily screen time… Children who view television as little as an hour a day are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese and gain more unhealthy weight over time, according to a new study from the School of …

A new UCLA study reports that although metformin has proven to be effective in slowing the onset of diabetes, it is rarely prescribed for this purpose… The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that only 3.7 percent of U.S. adults with pre-diabetes were prescribed metformin …

Groups of adults at risk for diabetes harbor different perceptions of the disease, say NYU researchers…. “We found that there are differences in the perceptions of those who are at risk for diabetes that depend on the specific characteristics that place them at risk,” says Shiela Strauss, associate professor of …

An abridged version of the 2015 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes has been produced for primary care physicians… Researchers from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), together with the ADA Primary Care Advisory Group (PCAG), produced an abridged version of the 2015 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, specifically focusing …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a short 5-part series covering the latest guidelines from the ADA. Topics covered this week include the Criteria for Diabetes Diagnosis, Categories for Increased Risk in Diabetes, and Screening Children for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes…. To download the complete set of slides …

In the Pre-POINT pilot study, five of six children who were at extremely high risk of developing type 1 diabetes and who received a high dose of oral insulin had a protective immune response, and the insulin did not cause hypoglycemia… Children at risk for type 1 diabetes, who were …

According to a new study, statin therapy may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by decreasing insulin sensitivity and secretion… Statins are considered to be safe and well-tolerated medications commonly used for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in individuals with and without diabetes. However, recent studies showed …