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Playing Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus led to improvements in many diabetic measurements….
Read More »Diabetic Complications and the Aging Population
At what age will people require more diabetic care?…
Read More »Vitamin D’s Effect on the Progression of Pre-type 1 Diabetes
Children with different levels of islet autoantibodies studied…
Read More »Evidence Shows Possible Benefit of Metformin and Glyburide Use in Pregnancy
A review of recent studies suggests that some oral hypoglycemic agents may be safe and effective in pregnant patients…. Insulin is traditionally the treatment of choice in pregnant patients requiring medication to manage their blood glucose levels, as it is a hormone the body already produces naturally and should therefore …
Read More »A1C Is a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes Following Noncardiac Surgery
Researchers discover that preoperative A1C is related to length of stay in the hospital following noncardiac surgeries….
Read More »Visit-to-Visit Variability in Systolic BP a Risk Factor for Diabetic Nephropathy
Research shows that variations in SBP can negatively impact the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes patients….
Read More »Certain Complications of Obesity May Be Linked to Pollutants
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are found to be prevalent in individuals with cardiometabolic complications….
Read More »Abdominal Fat Accumulation Prevented by Unsaturated Fat
New research from Uppsala University shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat….
Read More »Increased Risk of Diabetes in Older Patients with Disabilities
Patients aged 51 and older with no diabetes at baseline were followed for 12 years in a Health and Retirement Study….
Read More »No Compelling Evidence Linking Incretin Therapies, Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. and European regulators have found no compelling evidence of a link between the drug class which includes GLP-1 analogs and DPP-4 inhibitors, and pancreas problems or pancreatic cancer….
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