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Are obesity and CHD truly associated?… Researchers from the U.S. and China examined data on 30,434 diabetic patients from the Louisiana State University Hospital-Based Longitudinal Study (10,955 men and 19,479 women). Patients included were 30-95 years of age without a history of CHD or stroke in the Louisiana State University …

But narrowing down the exact genes responsible proves to be complicated… While people of Mexican ancestry are nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as people of European heritage, the majority of research in this area has focused on those of European origin. In an effort to understand …

Both medications lowered HbA1c and both groups of patients lost weight…. This randomized, multinational, open-label trial included subjects treated for T2DM with metformin ± sulphonylurea, who had glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels of 7.5–12%. Subjects were assigned to 24 weeks of insulin glargine, titrated to target fasting plasma glucose of 4.0–5.5 mmol/L or liraglutide, escalated …

Earlier treatment for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients is advocated… Researchers from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, evaluated glucose-lowering treatment strategies with linagliptin and metformin in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and marked hyperglycemia, a prevalent population for which few dedicated studies of oral antidiabetes drugs …

Dr. Barbara E. Corkey introduces herself and explains a little about the work she and her team do in her lab, examining the effects of various substances, both nutritional and non-food substances, on the human cell…. More videos with Dr. Corkey: Introduction: The Unknown Causes of Diabetes and Obesity What …

Dr. Barbara E. Corkey, talks about how the current dogma on how our obese patients should lose weight to combat diabetes is simply not working. She notes that we seem to be focusing too much on the wrong things – sending patients home with the advice to lose weight – …

The Endocrine Society has released a clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological management of obesity that includes recommendations on strategies for prescribing weight loss drugs.

For every 0.56 mmol/L increase in fasting blood glucose there was a 14% increase in the rate of pancreatic cancer… In previous studies, an assumption has been made that diabetes may be either a risk factor or a symptom of pancreatic cancer. To investigate this connection, researchers examined both linear …

Low mood in healthy children is associated with poorer metabolic health independently of adiposity… Mood comprises two main traits – positive and negative affect, both associated with depression and anxiety. Studies in children have linked depression with obesity, but the association with metabolic health is unclear. Researchers from Plymouth University …

Anemia is higher in older type 2 diabetes patients… The chances of an anemia diagnosis increase with age and it affects roughly about 10% of those 65 years of age or older. In diabetes patients, the probability of diagnosing anemia could be two to threefold higher and furthermore, from previous …