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Results of a tuning fork test to identify neuropathy appear to be reproducible in a nondiabetic population, according to findings from a blinded, observational study.

Metformin can induce long-term weight loss in obese, non-diabetic adolescents, and could possibly be useful in a regimen to help achieve weight loss in adolescents, who may have developed type 2 diabetes type due to overweight.

Tight control of glucose in the postoperative period results in fewer complications, including infections, and decreased mortality in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

The likelihood that these clearly needy patients would actually be receiving appropriate medication “was not much higher than the toss of a coin.”

The European Commission has approved 20-mg tablets of rimonabant for use as an adjunct to diet and exercise in the treatment of obese or overweight patients with associated cardiometabolic risk factors such as type 2 diabetes or dyslipidemia

Women who drank more than six cups a day of any type of coffee were 33 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

Adult children who have two parents with type 2 diabetes, but who are free from the disease themselves, have early signs of atherosclerosis, the results of a study shows.

Adipose Tissue Suitable for Glucose Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients

In motivated, obese type 2 diabetic patients, a low-carbohydrate diet with some caloric restriction has lasting benefits on body weight and glycemic control, often reducing the need for medication.

Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM shares more of her new best seller, The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan. This week read: Get Down to Basics (Part 2) The Real Causes of Unfitness Today