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Decreasing blood levels of a protein that helps control inflammation may be a red flag that could help children avoid Type 1 diabetes.…

Lifestyle decisions made before age 30 appear to determine a person’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease many years down the road….

A computer analysis by two University of Michigan researchers shows promise for helping develop therapies for some major diseases by rescuing proteins that have stopped performing normally….

Lower levels of vitamin D circulating in the bloodstream are tied to a higher risk of developing diabetes.…

Paying obese patients to lose weight does work….

Medication adherence associated with overall lower medical costs.…

HbA1c levels decreased by 1.74% in those receiving exenatide and 1.04% in those receiving placebo.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath This week, we continue with our special series of case discussions. Mrs. TZ was referred by a podiatrist: Mrs. TZ is a 50-year-old woman with Type 1 (she assures me this …

Of the approximately 72 and a half million adults who are obese, 41% (about 30 million) have incomes at or above 350% of the poverty level, 39% (over 28 million) have incomes between 130% and 350% of the poverty level, and 20% (almost 15 million) have incomes below 130% of …

I saw an obese long-term person with Type 2 diabetes who was experiencing widely fluctuating BGs and had had two hospitalizations within the previous six months, one for a BG of 28mg dl and one for an infested hair follicle (BG 413 mg/dl in ER)….