Conditions

According to a large study to demonstrate a potential link, the most common type of obesity surgery may increase patients’ chances for alcohol abuse…. 

Stone fruits, also known as drupes, such as nectarines, plums and peaches, may contain useful compounds that help fight-off metabolic syndrome…. 

Achieving normal glucose regulation even once predicted a lower risk of progression to diabetes for prediabetic patients. The evidence points to working hard at prediabetes to get rewarded both now and later….

A simple blood test could be incorporated into prenatal care, possibly as early as the first prenatal visit….

A type of “good” fat found in the body, which helps burn calories, can be activated by cold temperatures. Can cooling vests be the answer to preventing type 2 diabetes?… 

Almost half of nonobese adult with poorly controlled diabetes have latent autoimmune diabetes that has been misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes….

Two years of treatment with an investigational combination of phentermine plus topiramate (Qnexa, Vivus) resulted in improved cardiometabolic risk factors, in addition to weight loss….

Management of Glycemia During Hospitalization and Surgery    Do you have three minutes to improve your patients’ care? In this week’s Clinical Text excerpt, we begin a new series with The Diabetes Ready Reference for Nurse Practitioners. Please take a few minutes to check out our first selection which provides …

Losing weight may have less to do with watching calories and more to do with watching the clock….

Metabolic risk factors, including prediabetes, could be related to neuropathy….