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Women with a history of GDM had 48% increased risk of developing diabetes… From previous studies it is known that women with gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. Previous results from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILS) …

Occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms might be a useful predictor… There has been increasing evidence suggesting an association of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS). An increased likelihood of LUTS with decreased physical activity and increased obesity has been reported in studies. An association …

David Levy, MD, FRCP Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes as a Progressive Condition Glycemia in type 2 diabetes progressively deteriorates with time, usually thought to be related to progressive beta-cell failure. This was demonstrated dramatically in the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 1998), but the glycemic trends have been less marked …

Exposure to low socioeconomic status appears to increase the risk for death in patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during childhood who died after age 18 years… This should add more incentive to make the social worker part of the diabetes team. The researchers wrote, “The current study indicates that …

This might be a reason not to use a DPP-4 for those with long standing diabetes… Reduction in the glucose-regulating hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) appears to occur before the development of type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to new published research. Investigator Kristine Færch, PhD, senior research fellow at the …

By closely examining currently used diagnostic criteria, researchers evaluated whether it might be possible to diagnose type 1 earlier…. Today, diagnostic criteria for type 1 diabetes includes a glucose value ≥ 126 mg/dL and 2-h glucose values ≥ 200 mg/dL. These glucose values were selected because they correspond with observed …

Dental visits may allow for diabetes screening and monitoring glucose control in at-risk patients… A new study suggests that using gingival crevicular blood, collected during dental visits, for HbA1c testing produced values that were nearly identical to those obtained using finger stick blood. Correlation was 0.991 between the HbA1c values …

It may be possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes in young children by measuring the presence of autoantibodies in the blood… This comes from new data from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study. Lead researcher Åke Lernmark, MD, PhD, of Lund University, said …

Targeted strategies needed to prevent obesity in women of childbearing age, says the DORIAN consortium… The Developmental ORIgins of healthy and unhealthy AgeiNg: the role of maternal obesity (DORIAN) consortium, funded by the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7, has released results gathered from its 3 year research programme which began …

Phosphatidylcholine is a chemical contained in eggs, soybeans, mustard, sunflower, and other foods… Researchers included data on dietary intake from three observational cohorts; the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), NHS II, and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS). The authors excluded participants with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or unlikely dietary data …