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Interval-walking training improved glycemic control, weight loss, and insulin sensitivity, for individuals with type 2 compared with continuous walking with equivalent energy expenditure in a small randomized trial….

Arrhythmia may play a role in hypoglycemia-related deaths….

Adding foods or supplements rich in vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) may help protect against type 2 diabetes….

Daily supplements of omega-3 fatty acids may reduce levels of inflammatory markers in the fat tissue of obese people….

With a little exercise and dieting, overweight people with type 2 diabetes can still train their fat cells to produce a hormone believed to spur HDL cholesterol production…. 

Women who are diagnosed with diabetes at the time of an acute myocardial infarction are three times more likely to die over the next 3 years as are similar women without diabetes…. 

The findings that, more than 20% of patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease went on to develop new-onset diabetes, should prompt regular screening of cardiac patients for the disease…. 

Adding hyaluronidase (PH20) to insulin improves control, shortens the onset of the action of insulin and could provide better control…. 

High levels of the peptide proneurotensin are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death in women, but not necessarily in men….

For patients with impaired glucose tolerance or early diabetes, use of insulin glargine was the best predictor of maintaining a lower A1c level over 5 years, according to a subanalysis of the ORIGIN trial….