The U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program conducted a clinical trial in 2002 showing that modest weight loss through caloric restriction and increased physical activity reduced the incidence of diabetes in high-risk patients by 58%….
Read More »Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Diabetes
An immune regulator from healthy cord blood stem cells (CB-SCs) can “educate” the T cells of a person with type 1 diabetes (T1D), enabling the pancreas to produce insulin….
Read More »Insulin Therapy May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes patients are more susceptible to the development of atherosclerosis than non-diabetics and insulin therapy might help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients….
Read More »Statins Can Increase Risk of Diabetes
Statin use in postmenopausal women is associated with a significantly increased risk of diabetes mellitus.
Read More »Bariatric Surgery Not a Cure for Diabetes
According to Dimitrios Pournaras, MD as reported in the BMJ, “Bariatric surgery (gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, or gastric banding) leads to complete remission in only about one third of patients with type 2 diabetes, and should be viewed as a means for improving glycemic control, not as a cure.”…
Read More »Weight Loss Is Not The Answer for Preventing Diabetes
Richard Kahn, PhD, who was the chief scientific and medical officer of the ADA for nearly 25 years stated at a conference that, “Community-based weight-loss programs have not been shown to be effective at reducing the incidence of diabetes, so implementing a national program would likely be money down the …
Read More »Treat Depression and Diabetes for Best Results
Tackling depression and diabetes together in primary care is more likely to get both under control than approaching them separately….
Read More »How Exercise Benefits Insulin-Treated Obese Patients with Diabetes
Exercise counters adverse CV effects of insulin in overweight/obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Supervised mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise is effective in improving A1c and cardiovascular disease risk related to insulin treatment in overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Difficult Patients Benefit from Team Approach
A team-based approach helps improve control of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and depression in the primary care setting by modifying both patient and physician behaviors….
Read More »Daily Aspirin Tied to Macular Degeneration
Daily aspirin use may protect the heart but hurt the eyes, boosting the risk of AMD….
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