Psoriasis, especially more severe cases, may raise the risk of developing diabetes, a population-based study determined….
Read More »Obesity Surgery Can Boost Risk for Alcohol Abuse
According to a large study to demonstrate a potential link, the most common type of obesity surgery may increase patients’ chances for alcohol abuse….
Read More »ADA: Early Intensive Therapy Preserves Beta-cells Long-Term in Type 2’s
Initiating intensive therapy in treatment-naive, newly-diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes preserved beta-cell function for 3.5 years….
Read More »ADA: Deficiency in Vitamin B12 with Metformin Linked to Neuropathy
In patients with type 2 diabetes taking metformin, vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with higher levels of peripheral neuropathy….
Read More »Nectarines, Plums and Peaches Fight Obesity and Diabetes
Stone fruits, also known as drupes, such as nectarines, plums and peaches, may contain useful compounds that help fight-off metabolic syndrome….
Read More »Selenium Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk by 24%
The risk of developing type 2 diabetes was as much as 24% lower among people with a diet rich in selenium….
Read More »ADA: Question Answered on Heart or Cancer Risk from Daily Insulin Glargine Use
Daily insulin glargine injections, begun during the early stages of type 2 diabetes, neither increased nor reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes, cancer or cardiovascular-related mortality, researchers found in the largest and longest study of its kind….
Read More »ADA: Aggressive Treatment with Insulin for Pre-Diabetes
The ORIGIN study also examined whether daily insulin use in people at high risk for type 2 diabetes would prevent or slow progression of the disease….
Read More »ADA: Old Anti-Inflammatory Drug Found to Lower Blood Glucose Levels in People with Type 2 Diabetes
In a modern-day clinical trial of a medicine belonging to one of the world’s oldest classes of drugs, researchers have found that a drug related to aspirin and salicylate, may be a potential treatment for people with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »ADA: Children with Type 2 Diabetes Progress More Rapidly to Complications than Those Diagnosed as Adults
Many are unable to control A1c and many develop markers of risk for cardiovascular complications….
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