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A 25 percent reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus during the course of the trial.

Death is on the decline for babies, adults and older people alike, with AIDS, homicide, cancer and heart disease all claiming fewer lives, but not for those with diabetes.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, sildenafil (Viagra) improves flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), an index of nitric oxide-dependent endothelial function, according to a recent report.

Nanomized Insulin made of smaller particles and reduces number of daily injections.

Combined with bedtime NPH insulin, metformin provides superior glycemic control to repaglinide.

New screening tool can identify “silent coronary artery disease at an early stage in patients with diabetes

Changes in serum triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, body mass index (BMI) and systolic blood pressure over time are associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Specific genes have been identified that have the ability to develop into any of the 200.000 cells in the body.

Eli Lilly & Company will pay up to $325 million to Amylin Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in San Diego, for the rights to a potentially promising treatment for diabetes.

Although conventional wisdom is that obesity causes high cholesterol, results of a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that, at least for girls, high cholesterol can be a marker of obesity developing later in childhood.