It is assumed that obese people are at a higher risk of mortality but a new study has found that obesity does not increase mortality risk….
Read More »Newer Technologies Work Better than Conventional Methods in Controlling Glucose
Newer technologies designed to help people with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels daily work better than traditional methods….
Read More »New Position Statement on Diabetes for Older Adults
Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people….
Read More »Sex and Race Factor into Weight Loss with Gastric Bypass
Being older, male, or black significantly raised the risk for weight-loss failure after gastric bypass in a single-center study of more than 1,200 patients….
Read More »New Research Shows Americans Are Informed Yet Not Self-Aware
Eight-two percent of Americans are aware that being overweight is a key risk factor for diabetes, yet those at risk are not applying this logic to themselves….
Read More »Artificial Sweeteners Might Help Keep Pounds Off But…
The AHA and the ADA concluded in a position statement that using non-nutritive sweeteners could cut down on added sugars and therefore lead to beneficial effects. But an extensive literature search found sketchy, limited, and often contradictory evidence….
Read More »Insulin Pumps Produced Better Results and Better Quality of Life for Adults
Patients with diabetes face choices in insulin delivery as well as glucose monitoring methods….
Read More »Sitting Less Adds Years to Life
Sitting less than three hours a day adds two years to life expectancy….
Read More »New Strategies for Diabetes Treatment
Researchers are trying new approaches to treat type 2 diabetes amid widespread uncertainty about the most effective therapies and concerns that current strategies might be doing some patients more harm than good….
Read More »Incretin Effect Independent of Glycemia Level
Healthy individuals without diabetes have similar increases in insulin secretion….
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