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A recent study discovers that there may be an association between breastfeeding and lowering risk of type 1 diabetes… The objective of this study was to determine the association of breast feeding duration with the risk of type 1 diabetes in genetically predisposed newborns. In addition, this study looked at …

High nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) show negative relationship to type 2 diabetes. But n-3 fatty acids (FAs) may protect against the disease… Chronically high nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) are a marker of metabolic dysfunction and likely increase risk of type 2 diabetes. By comparison, n-3 fatty acids (FAs) have been …

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  This vinyl bi-fold medical wallet from Street Smart is a comfortable smaller wallet and the size complements its comfort. Features a hot stamped gold medical symbol and a clear window on the outside, perfect for the Medical Information Card. Inside there are three credit card slots, one zipped coin/key …

With this week’s Homerun Slides, we wrap up this short series on DME with a case study on how ranibizumab helped one patient who had waited too long for her regular exam, and Dr. Chous gives us a short summary of ways to prevent both DME and the vision loss associated …

David Levy, MD, FRCP Introduction Insulin treatment in type 1 diabetes is substitution/replacement hormone treatment, but replacement is much more variable and difficult to achieve than in other hormone deficiencies (e.g. thyroid, adrenal, gonadal hormones) because of the minute-by-minute variation in insulin secretion by the intact pancreas, which cannot yet be …

About one and a half years ago I was evaluating the educational needs of a mid-30’s, female, hospital in-patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). She and her husband both had DM2. Both were slender, active, did carb counting and followed all the prescribed recommendations of living successfully with diabetes. …

A new analysis indicates that people with type 2 diabetes are less likely to suffer myocardial infarctions, strokes, or early mortality when they take blood pressure medications — even if they don’t actually have hypertension…

Why is cancer risk higher among diabetes patients?… Evidence indicates an increased risk of certain cancers among people with type 2 diabetes. Evidence for rarer cancers and for type 1 diabetes is limited. Australian researchers recently explored the excess risk of site-specific cancer incidence and mortality among people with type …

Researchers examined data from 257 randomized trials to find out which drugs cause weight loss… Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the evidence about commonly prescribed drugs and their association with weight change. MEDLINE, DARE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched to identify published …