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Although it negates the dumping of glucose directly into the bloodstream, fructose may not be an ideal sweetener for diabetes patients.…

The published study describes two new methods for reducing overeating….

New and older criteria for the diagnosis of GDM are associated with similar rates of cesarean delivery, shoulder dystocia, and infants who are large for gestational age.…

Women who worked irregularly scheduled night shifts had up to a 60% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.…

There is further damning evidence of an association between diabetes and risk for breast cancer.…

In the general population, African Americans die at earlier ages than whites, but among patients on dialysis, African Americans live longer than whites.…

People who have ‘sympathetic nerve activity’ are more likely to shed pounds….

Low testosterone may also have effects on insulin sensitivity as well as diminished libido.…

Researchers report that in a multidisciplinary study of 420 non-diabetic, breast and metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with targeted agents, lower levels of pretreatment fasting glucose were predictive of longer times to disease progression.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   1.9 Disease Course and Risk Factors: Implications for Clinical Practice The groundwork for understanding stages of the disease course in diabetes has been laid by three major longitudinal investigations that have followed school aged children recently …