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Insulin resistance in childhood among obese girls appears to reduce the risk of obesity in adulthood.

The $1.4 billion obesity and diabetes research partnership launched by Bayer and CuraGen has begun to bear fruit, the companies said on Wednesday.

Hyperglycemia can enhance thrombogenicity 

Study shows a failure to achieve goals in reducing risk factors for CVD unless diabetes education is part of treatment plan!  

Leptin got rid of unwanted fat build-up in muscle tissue and lowered insulin resistance.

Impaired fasting glucose does not identify those at increased risk of atherosclerosis. 

Cigarette smoking as a young adult is associated with an increased risk of subsequent diabetes

Even BMIs at the high end of normal conferred a substantially increased risk of diabetes

Using the 2 hour Postprandial blood glucose can help predict which patients are at greater risk of strokes and MI.

Given the additional evidence provided by these three studies, clinicians must be encouraged to make use of these agents