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  The Diabetes Risk Test  The risk test for diabetes was developed by the American Diabetes Association to help medical professionals find those patients with prediabetes and begin early treatment and education. Every patient should have the opportunity to take this test and discuss it with their medical team. Download …

Moderation is key when it comes to diabetes and alcoholic beverages…. 

The use of insulin pumps during pregnancy could be beneficial…. 

The results of adding vildagliptin to metformin…. 

Researchers discover that rate of weight gain in midpregnancy affects the infant’s body mass differently than weight gain during late pregnancy…. 

  Dr. Stanley Schwartz focuses on obesity but with an emphasis on some of the new medical therapies now available. He also discusses the idea of the "metabolically healthy obese" patient and why he believes this is an oxymoronic term….

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Extreme Athletic Events Despite the challenges presented by participation in long-duration athletic events, many individuals with T1D are currently training for and participating in such events. Research in this area is lacking, but a handful of studies have attempted to investigate …

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about “healthy obesity” and how some people are “really adept at expanding healthy fat tissue.” He explains that healthy fat tissue is a very effective “sink” for excess calories and that if there is enough vascularization, this spares other tissues such as the liver, muscles or beta …

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about how lipotoxicity is critically important in diabetes because of its direct negative effect on cells, especially beta cells. In fact, lipotoxicity may be at the core of beta cell failure; a lot of evidence associated with insulin resistance and inflammation seem to be related….

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about how most type diabetic patients are at risk for cardiovascular disease and that much of this risk stems from being overweight or obese. Reducing caloric intake is very difficult but if those extra calories could be neutralized as metabolically healthy obese people are able to …