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The use of thiazolidinediones as a strategy for blood glucose lowering in type 2 diabetics may be associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI).

That according to 2 recent studies in the American Journal of Hypertension and Nutrition.

Obese men who participated in a 3-week program that included a high-fiber, low-fat diet and daily exercise in blood pressure, oxidative stress, nitric oxide availability and metabolic profile.

A patch about the size and weight of a matchbook that be worn on the body and with ultrasound can deliver therapeutically effective doses of insulin, has been developed by Penn State engineers

Diabetics have decreased flow-mediated dilatation and increased arterial stiffness compared to non-diabetics, researchers in India have found.

Lack of financial and staff resources, poor clinical information systems, physician workload and resistance to change were all barriers to care using best management processes.

Attention to certain toxicities can delay the deterioration of beta-cell function.

One-third of the population sleeps 6.5 or fewer hours, far less than the 8 hours that many sleep specialists recommend, which can impair the body’s processing of glucose.

The partners of patients with type 2 diabetes experience at least as much depression and anxiety as the diabetic patients themselves, especially if they are female.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, sildenafil (Viagra) improves flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), an index of nitric oxide-dependent endothelial function, according to a recent report.