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1148 Patients with Type 2 diabetes were followed for more than 9 years and keeping BP at or below 150/85, showed a significant reduction in retinal damage or retinopathy.

“Exenatide significantly reduced HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes failing maximally effective doses of a sulfonylurea.

Amputation risk was tripled by going barefoot, doubled by wearing sneakers regularly to work, increased fourfold by wearing sneakers to town, and doubled by wearing rubber thong sandals,

Despite similar levels of physical activity, white women appear to have a greater reduction in their risk of developing diabetes than women of other races.

Atenolol one of the most widely used beta-blockers clinically may not protect against heart disease and actually may be harmful.

Psyllium supplements three times a day plus simvastatin 10 mg once a day are as effective as simvastatin 20 mg daily for patients who are candidates for lipid-lowering therapy

The “Western” diet–one especially high in red and processed meats and refined grain–linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, colon cancer, and heart disease in women.

The primary cause of such tissue damage is a key compound in energy production, which other scientists long ago rejected as a contributor to diabetic side effects.

Women with diabetes who maintain strict glycemic control during pregnancy are able to deliver infants that do not differ in weight or body composition from those of nondiabetic women.

Joslin Diabetes scientists have found variations in a gene that help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk for coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death for this group.