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New research indicates that people with type 2 diabetes may lose more brain volume than expected as they age…. 

Living at high altitudes may be associated with a lower risk of obesity…. 

Researchers reported that women diagnosed with gestational diabetes prior to 24 weeks gestation were more likely to deliver a preterm baby compared with women diagnosed after 24 weeks…. 

A new study revealed young type 1 diabetes patients exhibited abnormal plasma glucagon responses to mixed meal tolerance tests within two years of diagnosis, according to researchers from the Diabetes Research in Children Network…. 

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we discuss the possibility of delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes as well as revisit DeFronzo’s octet, and look at how treating the octet without hypoglycemia and weight gain can be done….

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: Which medications reduce insulin resistance The action of biguanides How thiazolidinediones work The risks of thiazolidinediones Liver toxicity with medications

Guest Editorial We are always glad to hear from our readers and recently we received this response from Alan S. Kaplan, M.D., to our March 4th Diabetes Clinical Mastery Series, Issue #178, in which we included two presentations focusing on prediabetes. We thought it was well worth sharing Dr. Kaplan’s perspective. …

Endothelin inhibitors may have synergistic role in combating diabetes-related complication…. 

A 30 minute walk after dinner may have significant benefits in diabetics…. 

A lower percentage of type 2 diabetes cases are going undiagnosed than was the case in the past couple of decades, researchers found….