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An energy-restricted, high-monounsaturated fat (MUFA) diet is as effective as a high-carbohydrate (CHO), low-fat diet in persons with type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a study.

The 10-year follow-up results of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) show that the benefits seen in patients originally assigned to a strategy of tight blood pressure control were not sustained once the differences in blood pressure seen early in the trial were lost.

If aspirin is to be used routinely for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, it should begin at age 48 in men and 57 in women, according to a report in the November issue of Heart.

Americans more fearful of shark bites than this common, potentially lethal disease, survey shows, even though 233,429 people die from diabetes related causes and 70 people worldwide die from shark attacks.

The widely prescribed metformin was alone among oral antidiabetic agents to show a significant effect on cardiovascular (CV) risk in a meta-analysis of 40 select controlled trials. It reduced CV mortality by 26% relative to any other antidiabetic agent or placebo, but there was no effect on all-cause mortality.

In a set of mouse experiments, scientists attempt to learn more about why sulfonylureas eventually fail in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. They may be more likely to keep working if they are used in moderation and stopped for a period of time.

The association of DM2 with solid tumors, and particularly with HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma), has been long suspected and several studies have reported increased mortality rates for neoplastic diseases in patients with DM2.

The nation’s obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, according to the CDC from a report released last Thursday. Diabetes experts said the findings show there is no end in sight to the …

The risk of developing diabetes is cut in half among rheumatoid arthritis patients who use hydroxychloroquine for treatment, according to research findings reported this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco.

Investigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place, new research at the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests.