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Link between high fetuin-A and lower cardio risk modified by T2DM, obesity, insulin resistance….

The smaller pancreas that is often found in patients with type 1 diabetes was also seen in people at risk for the disease, pointing to a possible diabetes biomarker….

Diabetes care costs increased with poorer control….

New guidelines from ADA include recommendations for a less stringent systolic blood-pressure target and greater individualization with regard to the frequency of blood glucose self-monitoring….

The new ADA blood glucose self-monitoring recommendations do not prescribe how many tests should be done but rather focus on the individual situations in which testing should occur….

Researchers find that intense lifestyle-based weight-loss interventions were associated with a remission of diabetes….

Severe obesity is associated with an increased risk for death from all causes, but lesser amounts of excess weight either do not increase the risk or may be protective….

Type 2 diabetes exhibited an even stronger association with risk of periodontitis among those who consumed few fruits and vegetables, noted the study authors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry….

Compared with glipizide, long-term therapy with metformin leads to a reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes….

Obesity rates in children call for early patient education on healthy lifestyles….