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Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center who reported earlier this year that an inexpensive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate might prevent type 2 diabetes are now reporting that the drug may also be beneficial in the treatment of the disease.

I just got back from the AACE Annual sessions in Orlando. It was great to see a lot of you and appreciated the nice comments you had about our newsletter. I did not have a lot of time to put together an overview for out deadline but did want to …

Every now and then great minds think alike and this week Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM outlines how Upper-body resistance training exercises: Biceps curls and triceps curls benefit patients. If you change the weights to water bottles you get an activity that I have been using for years.

Lois Love Exelbert, RN, MS, CDE, BC-ADM Administrative Director, Diabetes Care Center Baptist Hospital of Miami

Abdominal adiposity was linked with hot flashes in menopausal women, according to results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

A new study suggests that, for older adults with diabetes, longevity may depend not only on factors such as blood sugar control, but on quality of life as well.

Researchers say obesity epidemic threatens environment, and an additional 250 million tons of greenhouse gases may be released every year to sustain an ever more obese population. The obesity experts condemned the letter in Lancet.

Study concludes that newly diagnosed never treated patients with type 2 diabetes without any cardiovascular risk factors show early manifestations of macrovascular disease.

Near-normalization of blood glucose improves the potentiating effect of GLP-1 on glucose-induced insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes.

New research suggests that resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in red wine, has the ability to lower blood-sugar levels, but it might also produce certain unpleasant adverse effects.