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Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren’t at higher risk of early death than people who don’t “yo-yo diet”….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.1 Introduction  Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder affecting older adults.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we present Part 6 of Dr. Stanley Schwartz’s series on An Aggressive Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes, in which we will look closely at at "Modern Insulin Resistant Man" who is locked into "Seasonal Insulin Resistance Syndrome Physiology"….

Nike Fuel Band: Tracks All Physical Activities Nike has unveiled the Nike+ FuelBand, a product that fits around your wrist and aims to provide a common metric for tracking all physical activities. The FuelBand tracks what the company calls NikeFuel, which lets people compare a game of basketball to a …

The mixing of the Bydureon weekly injection may be confusing for some, so we are providing you with some of the information distributed in Europe. Click here for the Bydureon Mixing Instructions (pdf) For a complete list of all of our popular Tools for Your Practice, just follow this link.

A mutation affecting a sleep-wake hormone may disrupt blood sugar control.…

In this study of patients with type 2 diabetes, treatment with sitagliptin was associated with a significant decrease in serum ghrelin levels….

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced the FDA approved Jentadueto™ (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets….

A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer — at least in women — but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease.…

In diabetes patients, the stroke-preventing benefits of bringing systolic blood pressure below 130 mmHg may be offset by an increased risk of cardiac events.…