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Sitagliptin significantly improved overall glucose control, including postprandial and 24-h glucose control, in adult patients with Type 1 diabetes, while significantly reducing prandial insulin requirements.…

In a new study of more than 36,000 patients who had participated in the ESRD [end-stage renal disease] Clinical Performance Measures Project, investigators found that on the day after the long weekend interdialytic interval, all cause mortality, cardiac mortality, vascular mortality, admissions for cardiovascular disease, as well as infection-related mortality …

A simple, three-item instrument may be enough to accurately identify those individuals who are at high risk for type 2 diabetes in the next five years….

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is associated with an increased risk of developing new-onset alcohol abuse, according to findings from a study of 340 patients who underwent the procedure.…

Higher HDL levels in patients with type 2 diabetes significantly reduced the odds of hospitalization related to cardiovascular disease.…

Compared to sitagliptin, exenatide showed significantly lower average 24-h glucose, 2-h postprandial glucose (PPG), glucagon, caloric intake and improved homeostasis model assessment of beta-cell function (HOMA-B).…

High alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transferase may predict risk of type 2 diabetes….

Replacing calorie-laden beverages with water or diet drinks may be effective at shedding weight and improving other cardiometabolic parameters in the short term.…

For patients with type 1 diabetes, more exposure to hyperglycemia is associated with a decrease in whole brain gray matter, and severe hypoglycemia is associated with greater decreases in occipital/parietal white matter volume.…

Patients who use a pedometer to record the number of steps they take each day after gastric bypass surgery are more active and may be healthier.…