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This Week’s Question: Comes from this weeks newsletter Item#2 Combining rosiglitazone, metformin, and insulin aspart improved glucose metabolism in obese type 2 diabetic patients compared with mixed insulin alone, according to the results of a open-label, randomized trial published in the December issue of Diabetes Care. Which of the following …

The Many Faces of Diabetic Eye Disease Paul Chous, M.A., O.D. Doctor of Optometry Type 1 diabetic since 1968

Bring on the heavy weights. Exercise improves insulin resistance and has beneficial effects in preventing and treating type 2 diabetes.

The immune system is amazingly complex and only partially understood. The primary job of the immune system, of course, is to rid the body of foreign invaders, be they bacteria, viruses, parasites, or even cancer cells. One of the most enduring mysteries in immunology is how the body learns to …

The findings confirm suspicions that serving sizes have grown ever larger and may be contributing to the rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the US. Just a an additional 100 calories a day can translate into 10 extra pounds a year

One of the most feared complications of diabetes is end-stage renal (kidney) disease (ESRD). This condition, which requires either dialysis or kidney transplantation, is reached in about 10% of patients with type 2 diabetes and in 20% of type 1 diabetics. Type 2 diabetes still accounts for the majority of …

Hypertension is defined as the sustained elevation of either or both systolic and diastolic blood pressure while at rest. There are several different classifications of hypertension, but the two main categories are primary, also called essential hypertension, and secondary hypertension. The majority of all those diagnosed with hypertension fall under …

One of the more exciting therapeutic ideas for type 1 diabetes is islet transplantation. In this procedure, islet cells, which produce insulin in healthy non-diabetics but are damaged in type I diabetes, are surgically transplanted into diabetic patients. While this technology is significantly more advanced than other strategies (such as …

When it comes to type 2 diabetes, anyone still arguing that genes are more important than environment, or vice versa, really hasn’t been paying attention. Nature vs. nurture was a lovely debate fifty years ago, but we know now that complex traits like diabetes require inputs from both inside and …

Omega-3 fatty acid intake is shown to be associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women, and of sudden death in men, in two new reports released last week.