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Use over 10-year period also leads to cardiac events in type 2 patients using metformin monotherapy… Cardiovascular disease is a common comorbid complication in type 2 diabetes patients. 50-80% of type 2 diabetes patient deaths are a result of a cardiovascular disease. Sulfonylureas are one of the most widely prescribed …

In a study, patients who consumed pistachios showed improvement in fasting glucose, insulin, and HOMA of insulin resistance…. Spanish researchers examined whether a diet rich in pistachios could be beneficial in delaying prediabetes onset and promoting a healthier metabolic profile in patients with prediabetes. A randomized clinical trial was held …

In a large population of obese individuals undergoing bariatric surgery, British researchers found that surgery reduced the incidence of diabetes… They designed a matched cohort study of adults (age 20 – 100 years) identified from a UK-wide database of family practices, who were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and did not …

Girls whose mothers were also overweight or obese had an even higher risk…. Researchers conducted a study to see if there was an association between hyperglycemia in utero, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and childhood obesity. This research included 421 girls and their mothers in the Kaiser Permanente system in Northern …

Ambio Remote Health Monitoring System  The Ambio Remote Health Monitoring System, which has FDA 510(k) clearance, wirelessly sends readings from devices such as a weight scale and blood pressure and blood glucose meters to the web-based Ambio Care Portal where the readings can be viewed by patients and their authorized …

Steve Freed, Publisher, Diabetes in Control: When do you think you might be able to submit to the FDA? Joe Cook, Jr: Having developed a number of medicines, they all have their own character. It’s like children. They all come with different presentations. If the data from this study are very clear …

In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz talks about the Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes and the possibilities for altering the usual development of the disease. He also discusses different strategies for different types of insulin resistance and the implications of this for therapy…. To download these slides in PowerPoint …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes Abnormalities of blood lipids are common in patients with type 2 diabetes, even when there is reasonable glycemic control. The characteristic dyslipidemia of type 2 diabetes consists of elevated very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) triglyceride (TG) levels, reduced …

In the 24-week study, improved HbA1c and cholesterol reduced the need for medications…   Type 2 diabetes patients are often advised to make dietary decisions that are high in carbohydrates and low in fat and protein. Increased carbohydrates lead to high postprandial glucose readings. Due to this, there is interest …

Lab models that develop diabetes and cancer and that lacked Sirtuin 3 also developed pulmonary hypertension… A University of Alberta team has discovered a protein that is important in the development of pulmonary hypertension which is caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs due to excessive …