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Increased insulin, IGF-1, and IGF-2 signaling through the insulin receptor and IGF-1 receptor can induce….

If your children are getting less than 9 hours of sleep per night, they need more to avoid metabolic factors that predispose them to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease….

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued an updated Guideline for newer drugs for the management of all aspects of Type 2 diabetes. The guidelines review the newer agents from four classes with a cost analysis….

Turning up the thermostat in winter may be contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemic….

Researchers have identified a key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes….

The study looked at the impact of an electronic health record–based diabetes clinical decision support system on control of hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in adults with diabetes….

In surgical situations, fluctuation in patients’ blood glucose levels can be harmful, so physicians take frequent measurements using the inexpensive glucose meters approved by the FDA for home use which were found to be off by as much as 32%….

Older patients with diabetes who are not dealing well with the disease are likely to have symptoms of depression, and spouses of older patients also suffer distress related to diabetes and its management….

In the US, 73% of adults are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….

Detemir plus sitagliptin more effective than sitagliptin with metformin with or without a sulfonylurea….