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In adults, the development of insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, is influenced more by current body weight than by birth weight, results of a study in twins suggests.

Scientists report the discovery of a previously unknown gene family that plays a key role in whether or not cells store fat, a discovery that could lead to new approaches to obesity and related diseases.

A group of investigators led by Dr Stuart Weinzimer of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, USA, compared the safety and efficacy of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) using insulin aspart with insulin lispro in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Antianginal agent, ranolazine, reduced incidence of newly increased HbA1c in people without diabetes.

Obesity and morbid obesity are associated with increased rates of work absenteeism, with estimated costs of $4.3 billion per year in the United States.

In the current issue of Diabetes Care, Davis et al. report on a small study exploring the safety of substituting exenatide for insulin therapy in an attempt to take patients off insulin.

Increasing calcium formation in the coronary arteries (CAC) is the best predictor of a coronary artery disease (CAD) event in patients with type 1 diabetes, researchers report

Too little sleep or too much may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a new study.

The US FDA has granted an additional indication for rosuvastatin (Crestor, AstraZeneca), as an adjunct to diet to slow the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with elevated cholesterol.

Men who stay highly active with age may have a lower risk of developing diabetes than those who taper off their exercise levels, a study suggests.