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Insulin degludec, an investigational insulin with a prolonged half-life and a reportedly flatter pharmacokinetic profile with fewer high and low levels, showed a modest hypoglycemic edge over insulin glargine in a 52-week head-to-head comparison in patients with type 2 diabetes….

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….

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in conjunction with those at Novo Nordisk A/S, have presented a new concept concerning the cause of diabetes which is linked to iron and how it causes beta cell death….

Obese individuals with high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and a healthy cardiometabolic profile have a lower risk of mortality and cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death, than individuals who are metabolically unhealthy and obese….

Minimizing the consumption of red and processed meat could not only lower the incidence of heart disease, diabetes, and bowel cancer by 3-12%, but could also shrink the carbon footprint by 28 million tons a year…. 

Taking L-cysteine supplements may help patients with type 2 diabetes better control blood sugar levels…. 

Children who are obese may have an even higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other weight-related diseases later in life than has been thought….

Hypoglycemia in the intensive care unit appears to carry an increased mortality risk…. 

The rates of both pre-pregnancy and gestational diabetes have increased since 1980, with greater increases in pre-pregnancy diabetes among black women….