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Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed by identifying chronic hyperglycemia. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) have used a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126mg/dL.(7 mmol/L) or higher to define diabetes (Table 3.1 ). This originated from epidemiological …

As patients become older, they become more vulnerable to the risk of side effects that are present with diabetic medications…. 

Dominant-hand psychomotor impairment in speed was significantly associated with poor glycemic control….

Different types of exercise lower blood glucose in different ways…. 

Adults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases…. 

A novel hydrogel capsule helps decrease weight in prediabetic patients…. 

A correlation may exist between larger fat cells and diabetes….

There is some uncertainty in the literature about whether DPP-4 inhibitors are harmful to diabetic patients with heart failure…. 

A new study in rats shows that a lack of the hormone leptin triggers a cascade of neuroendocrine events that affects adipose tissue as well as the liver, resulting in hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis…. 

Recent studies have suggested that urinary tract infections are more commonly experienced by patients with type 2 diabetes compared to those without….