In postmenopausal women with heart disease, impaired fasting glucose is not associated with a greater cardiovascular risk.
Read More »Combo Drug Controls Hypertension in Hard-to-Treat Patients
A multi-center study of a pill that combines two drugs for hypertension shows significant benefit for people with hard-to-control high blood pressure.
Read More »The Fat Connection To Beta Cell Burnout
Besides insulin, fat can also cause beta cell burnout.
Read More »Type 2 Begins With Your Grandmother’s Diet
Insulin resistance typical of type 2 diabetes can be ‘programmed’ across two generations by poor nutrition during a grandmother’s pregnancy and lactation.
Read More »Blood Pressure Drug Cuts Risk of Diabetes in High-Risk Individuals
Patients taking valsartan were found to have a 23 percent lower risk of developing diabetes during the four or more years of the study.
Read More »Eat Fat to Lose Fat
Fat consumption in the diet can lead to healthy blood levels of sugar and cholesterol, say researchers.
Read More »Diabetic Teens Show Early Signs of Artery Trouble
Teenagers with type 2 diabetes are likely to have blood vessels that resemble those of someone decades older.
Read More »Depression in Young Adults Tied to Risk of Becoming Diabetic
Young adults with a history of depression have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and having worse outcomes.
Read More »Exenatide Aids Glycemic Control in Diabetics
Addition of exenatide improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients inadequately controlled on combined metformin-sulfonylurea.
Read More »Dyslipidemia Often Undiagnosed in Diabetics
Dyslipidemia remains largely undiagnosed and undertreated in patients with type 1 diabetes and in nondiabetics as well.
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