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Advanced technologies and treatments should be implemented to improve metabolic control and outcomes in type 1 diabetic patients… An analysis to assess current diabetes treatments performed by T1D Exchange researchers shows a need for improvement in outcomes across all age groups, most notably adolescents and young adults. More than 16,000 …

Eating smaller meals is a way to lose weight, but skipping meals altogether has been linked to increased abdominal fat… “This does support the notion that small meals throughout the day can be helpful for weight loss, though that may not be practical for many people,” said Martha Belury, professor …

Study finds greater metabolic changes during pregnany with male fetus… Previous studies have found an association between the sex of the fetus and gestational diabetes, however this is the largest study showing this link. This population-based retrospective cohort studied the entire maternal population of Ontario with close to 643,000 women …

Canagliflozin appears to offer significant benefits when used in conjunction with insulin therapy.

The patient, a woman, 52 years of age, has type 2 diabetes and is on metformin, a GLP-1 agonist, and a long-acting insulin. Over the past few months, I’ve received calls and emails from her every now and then to let me know her glucose levels were rising, but whenever …

Score proposed to help facilitate diagnosis among population that infrequently sees primary physicians… As a part of campaigns to alleviate the health and financial burdens of undiagnosed diabetes, and because many Americans regularly visit their dentists, but not medical doctors, diabetes screening in dental offices has emerged as a promising …

Components of metabolic syndrome associated with peripheral neuropathy in prediabetic patients…

Diesease progression possible with presence of two or more autoantibodies… Autoimmune type 2 diabetes is preceded by the appearance of islet insulin autoantibodies: GAD autoantibodies (GADAs), insulinoma-associated protein 2 autoantibodies (IA-2AS), and zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies. Previous studies show that diabetes will develop within 10 years in 27-40% of children with …

Studies yet to determine if gluten-free diet will decrease risk of retinopathy, nephropathy… Celiac Disease (CD) and type 1 diabetes are frequently associated with each other, as they have common genetic disorders. Current guidelines recommend screening patients with new onset diabetes for celiac disease and regularly thereafter. New studies have …

A male patient, 56 years of age, with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and sleep apnea visited. We hadn’t seen him for 6 months. His blood pressure was up, in the 140-160/90–102 range, glucose levels were higher than his targets, he was gaining weight, and continually complaining of …