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Italy’ has suspended sales of anti-obesity drugs containing sibutramine after 50 reports of adverse events among people taking the medicines.

Studies are showing that we should not use insulin as the last line of defense. Starting insulin when the A1c is at 8% reduces risk of microvascular complications.

Use of glitazones was associated with a 50 percent increase in risk of heart failure, according to a retrospective study.

A new survey finds that most Americans believe diabetes is a major health problem — for somebody else.

Concerns about hypoglycemia should not deter efforts to achieve tight glycemic control in most patients

We are what we eat

Based on triglycerides and apoB rather than triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, more intensive therapy is required.

The number of blind or visually impaired Americans is likely to double over the next 30 years as the giant baby boom generation ages, the National Eye Institute reported ;ast week.

African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to develop serious complications resulting from uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.

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