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An experimental two-hormone drug shows promise in diabetes and obesity…. 

The onset of diabetes complications appear much earlier in youth with….

Researchers have homed in on the group B coxsackie viruses….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Andrew M. Posselt, MD, PhD, FACS, and Peter Stock, MD, PhD The goal of curing type 1 diabetes (T1D) is best achieved with beta-cell replacement therapy because this allows physiologic blood glucose control. Currently, the …

Effects on hypertension, insulin sensitivity, serum lipids, CHD, CHF, arrhythmias, stroke and mortality….

Metformin is associated with improved treatment satisfaction and a favorable impact on quality of life (QoL) compared with insulin alone or in combination…. The rise in obesity and the increasing age of mothers have contributed to an increasing incidence of GDM. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, GDM complicates up …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD GUIDELINES Current guidelines for glycemic control from select organizations worldwide are shown in Table 6.4.19-22,62 Due to the special nature of T1D, only those guidelines that …

Fructose-induced hyperuricemia may contribute to type 2 diabetes…. 

Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester, who last year identified a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice, have used an orally-administered compound to block the pathway, and prevented neurodegeneration in the mice….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Jane Lee Chiang, MD, and Stephen E. Gitelman, MD INTRODUCTION The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)1 was a landmark medical study conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). …