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Type 2 Diabetics with elevated Homocysteine are almost two times more likely to die within 5 years than non diabetic patients. As the popularity of high protein diets like Atkins and South Beach grows, so does the probability that the people on them will be at risk for something greater …

Women with gestational diabetes are vulnerable to frequent episodes of asymptomatic hypoglycemia.

Diabetic women treated with alendronate had increases in bone mineral density of the spine and hip and at all sites. Fosamax, a drug used to increase bone mineral density in older women, works well for women with type 2 diabetes, according to a new report.

Oral sildenafil is only moderately effective in the treatment of erectile dysfunction in patients with diabetes. "The response rate was lower and cardiovascular events were higher than previously reported in nondiabetic patients," writes M. R. Safarinejad, MD, Department of Urology, Military University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.

Evidence suggests chronic overeating can be a form of substance Four UF studies published in the current issue of the Journal of Addictive Diseases present new evidence linking overeating, obesity and addiction, and could have treatment implications for people struggling with weight problems, alcoholism or drug use, said Dr. Mark …

64 Percent of children with overweight parents became overweight. The factor that puts children at greatest risk of being overweight is having obese parents, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. By identifying the risk factors that lead to childhood obesity, the researchers hope to …

Skin patch helps with hand and foot pain. As reported in the Archives of Neurology, Dr. Richard L. Barbano, from the University of Rochester in New York, and colleagues tested the patch on 56 diabetic patients who had had nerve pain for longer than 3 months. A maximum of four …

NCEP Updates ATP III Guidelines With Evidence From Recent Statin Trials. The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has updated their Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III guidelines with evidence derived from recent statin trials and published them in the July 12 rapid issue of Circulation.

Only about a third of persons with hypertension have controlled blood pressure. Nonadherence to hypertensive therapy is a major factor leading to poor blood pressure control, according to a new report that provides a “conceptual framework of factors affecting medication adherence and subsequent blood pressure control, outcomes, and health care …

New research suggests diabetes increases the risk of death from pancreatic, colon, liver, breast and bladder cancer. Moreover, this holds true even after accounting for obesity, which is common among diabetics and is a well-known risk factor for cancer.