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From Constantin Polychronakos, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Human Genetics, Director, Division of Endocrinology, McGill University Health Centre, comes a response to last week’s article, New Analysis Concludes Cause of Diabetes Not Genetic….

Almost half of women in the US who suffer from Type 1 or 2 diabetes report that it has a negative impact on their sex lives….

New guidelines stress the crucial role that physical activity plays in the management of Type 2 diabetes: physicians should prescribe exercise….

Starting dialysis at a higher glomerular filtration rate earlier in the end-stage renal disease process may actually increase mortality, researchers affirmed….

To what extent can the increased likelihood of Type 2 diabetes in patients with COPD be attributed to the use of inhaled corticosteroids?  

Combining the newer diabetes drug exenatide with insulin provides better blood sugar control in patients with Type 2 diabetes than insulin alone and helps promote weight loss….

Young adults, particularly women, who maintained high levels of moderate and vigorous activity over a period of 20 years experienced smaller gains in weight and waist circumference during the transition from young adulthood to middle age, compared to individuals with lower activity levels….

Reducing salt intake can help lower blood pressure in patients with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes….

A high-protein, low-carbohydrate snack before breakfast attenuates post-breakfast hyperglycemia…. Previous studies have shown a considerable reduction in hyperglycemia after the second meal of the day, provided that breakfast had been taken. The preservation of this effect in Type 2 diabetes was not confirmed until recently. Postprandial hyperglycemia acts as an independent …

Diabetes will threaten the nation’s economy as much as it does the health of individuals and the U.S. will spend $3.35 trillion on diabetes-related care in the next decade….