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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…. 

  In this week’s Homerun Slides continuing our series from Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we cover topics including the Benefits of Combined Treatment (Pharmacotherapy and Lifestyle Modification), a demonstation of how Obesity Requires Long-Term Care, and information on how Roux-en-Y surgery restores the incretin effect…

Richard S. Beaser, MD This week’s excerpt covers the following topics: The mechanism of action for antidiabetes medications Which medications improve insulin action Which meds slow gastric absorption Which meds increase insulin secretion Which meds increase the effect of incretins How to compare diabetes meds