Case Studies

We have known that people with diabetes are at risk for depression, but now we are seeing that those with depression are at greater risk for diabetes….

When overweight or obese people lose weight, using a low carb diet, they can have a significant reduction in inflammation throughout their body, as measured by three common markers….

Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity cut the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes by two-thirds…. 

Firm association found between low levels of vitamin D and 81% higher rates of ischemic heart disease, MI, and early death….

In a Finnish study of nearly 3,000 people at high risk of diabetes, those taking statins had higher fasting blood glucose and triglyceride levels and a higher incidence of developing type 2 diabetes than non-statin users….

American kids eat about 1,000 milligrams of salt more than they should each day, just like adults….

Use of the anti-diabetic agent pioglitazone (Actos) is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer, a nested case-control study confirmed…. 

Patients more likely to reach A1c target at any given time during 26 weeks’ treatment with liraglutide compared with both sitagliptin and exenatide…. 

The dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor linagliptin (Tradjenta, Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly) is associated with significant improvements in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in black patients with type 2 diabetes…. 

Obese individuals completed a 1-year study and lost a mean 35.6% of excess body weight taking….