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Landmark Study compares effectiveness of single therapy with rosiglitazone, sulfonylurea and metformin in a head to head comparison with 4360 newly diagnosed Type 2’s.

Treatment of new-onset type 1 diabetes with peptide is safe and associated with preserved beta-cell function.

Researchers have used cells from human bone marrow to repair damaged pancreatic beta cells in mice. The study offers hopes that these stem cells could be used to treat diabetes in humans. The stem cells also halted damage to the kidneys caused by diabetes.

For patients aged 65 years and older, adverse event rates exceeded 20%, and in-house mortality was 3.2%.

Fish consumption, about one serving per week or more, is associated with reduced cognitive decline, according to the results of a prospective cohort study.

A newly validated definition of metabolic syndrome that uses continuous rather than categorical variables has better predictive power for future diabetes.

Now that your patients are over their fear of activity, Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM helps you Choose Planned Activities-Cardio Workouts for your patients, and how you can get your patients to do them. Click here to read this and all of Dr. Colberg’s features.

Fasting Glucose Predicts Heart Failure, Death Rate, MI and Stroke, Independent of Diabetes An analysis based on the combined interim results from two prospective randomized trials, rates of HF hospitalization over more than two years rose in tandem with baseline fasting plasma glucose levels.

Women with five or more live births are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. This appears to be the case, even after adjusting for obesity and socioeconomic factors.

Workers suffering from job burnout are more prone to develop Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study