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Using a computer model to analyze data from the 2003-2010 NHANE survey, researchers found that significant cost savings could be made if prediabetes patients made lifestyle changes… The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends combined diet and physical activity promotion programs for people at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, …

The Nordic diet included whole grain products, root vegetables, berries, low-fat dairy products, and three servings of fish per week….

Amending the label for metformin could open up the drug to a million more patients… Researchers from Penn Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College report this week in a published research letter that, many patients with type 2 diabetes in the United States may be discouraged from taking metformin — …

Serum levels of 2 microRNAs, miR-192 and miR-193b, can be used to identify individuals with prediabetes, researchers report… The uncontrolled hyperglycemic excursions associated with prediabetes are stressful for the body, and miRNAs are thought to be critical regulators of stress. Dr. Marcelina Párrizas from Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, Barcelona, …

A number of related factors could alert physicians to a greater likelihood that a patient who had low birth weight is at greater risk… A new study of more than 3,000 women confirms that low birthweight predicts an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood and reports which intermediating …

Salk Institute for Biological Studies researchers have developed an entirely new type of pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed calories, causing it to burn fat…. The compound effectively stopped weight gain, lowered cholesterol, controlled blood sugar and minimized inflammation in mice, making it an excellent candidate …

Obesity does not always go hand in hand with metabolic changes in the body that can lead to diabetes, heart disease and stroke, according to a new published study… In a study at Washington University School of Medicine, researchers found that a subset of obese people do not have common …

MiniMed Duo integrates glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy into one…

Women with post-traumatic stress disorder are nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with women who don’t have PTSD…. 

  April Steen MSSW, LCSW   In the world of activity trackers there are many choices. The number one thing to consider when using these products is to find one that makes sense to you. If it’s not comfortable or user friendly, you will not use it and therefore defeats …