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Early addition of the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone (Avandia) in older type 2 diabetic patients previously on submaximal doses of a sulfonylurea reduces disease progression and provides superior glycemic control that is sustained over two years.

Combining several weight loss approaches leads to greater weight loss and improved glycemic control compared with a standard weight loss program for type 2 diabetics.

Sustained release (SR) indapamide lowers blood pressure in diabetic hypertensives without affecting glucose metabolism or having other untoward effects,

Patients who exercised just for ½ hour for 5 days a week, lost 7% of their body weight and showed a 57% improvement in their insulin sensitivity.

Patients with diabetes may have cardiac defects that put them at risk of a heart attack — even before they show any symptoms, according to a poster presentation at the 18th International Diabetes Foundation Congress.

80 years after the discovery of insulin, a significant number of people around the world with diabetes die because they don’t have access to the life-saving drug.

Should people really care that they digest potatoes faster than carrots? A carb is a carb is a carb. Yes, say the proponents of the Glycemic Index. No, say other nutritional experts,

Current diabetes screening guidelines are effective, and if followed, could catch virtually all new cases, study findings indicate.

A blood test given during the first trimester of pregnancy helps doctors predict which women will develop diabetes later on.

High-dose thiamine and its lipid-soluble derivative benfotiamine inhibits the development of incipient nephropathy in a rat model of diabetes.