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The new ADA blood glucose self-monitoring recommendations do not prescribe how many tests should be done but rather focus on the individual situations in which testing should occur….

Researchers find that intense lifestyle-based weight-loss interventions were associated with a remission of diabetes….

Severe obesity is associated with an increased risk for death from all causes, but lesser amounts of excess weight either do not increase the risk or may be protective….

Type 2 diabetes exhibited an even stronger association with risk of periodontitis among those who consumed few fruits and vegetables, noted the study authors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry….

Compared with glipizide, long-term therapy with metformin leads to a reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes….

Obesity rates in children call for early patient education on healthy lifestyles….

Nearly 10% of patients with adult-onset diabetes were found to have diabetes-associated autoantibodies….

Severely obese children and adolescents who took 1.5 g metformin daily reduced their body mass index SD scores (BMI-SDS) by 3% at 6 months without making significant changes to their diets and physical activity levels….

Two different lifestyle interventions modeled after those delivered in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) produced significant weight loss among overweight or obese adults in a primary care setting….

Medicare can cut 5% to 10% of its total spending if it focuses on chronic disease prevention and coordinated care for those with chronic conditions….