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Taller patients with Type 2 diabetes are at greater risk for lower-limb amputations, according to a secondary analysis from the FIELD Study.

A 21-year old airman severely wounded in Afghanistan is recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, after several surgeries and an unprecedented transplant.

Generex Inc., announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with sanofi-aventis for the manufacture and supply of recombinant human insulin crystals for commercial and clinical trial use in Generex’s proprietary buccal insulin spray product, Generex Oral-lyn™.  

“Higher levels of physical activity, in particular activity of moderate to higher intensities, are prospectively associated with lower levels of fat mass in early adolescence. Interventions to raise levels of physical activity in children are likely to be important in the fight against obesity.”

A new study found that more than one-fifth of dialysis patients received a contraindicated antithrombotic medication when they underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), raising their risk of adverse outcomes….

Individuals who drink more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appear to have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies.

Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.

Mothers who breastfeed seem to have a lower long-term risk of developing a collection of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease than women who bottle-feed, a new study suggests.  

Sulfonylurea monotherapy for Type 2 diabetes was associated with increased risks of all-cause death and congestive heart failure compared with metformin, a large, retrospective study showed.

In a survey of 200 primary care physicians and 100 endocrinologists, 32% reported an inability to provide comprehensive diabetes care. Almost one-third of doctors in an industry-sponsored survey said they didn’t spend enough time with their diabetes patients and blamed low reimbursement rates for diabetes care, researchers said.