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This week’s New Product: The Stairs Maybe we should reintroduce our patients to them? For an inspiring article on how we are missing out on this great exercise opportunity as well as her own take on the CDC’s latest predictions on the increase in diabetes in the U.S., see Sheri …

By Sheri Colberg, PhD   As if the predictions of diabetes to come were not already grim enough, a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now predict that one in three American adults may have diabetes by 2050, with the number of diabetes patients …

A new study has revealed that beta cells-responsible for making insulin in the human body do not replicate after the age of 30…. 

The FDA has told the makers of the proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin that it will not at this time approve the marketing of  the medication, citing concerns about its marginal effectiveness and about cancers that occurred at higher-than-usual rates in animal studies….

Reduced functional reserve may reflect a reduced number of nephrons undergoing individual hyperfiltration. If so, offspring of Type 1 diabetic mothers may be predisposed to glomerular and vascular diseases….

A direct link between heart rate at rest and risk of death in people with stable heart disease has been found in a study. Heart rates greater than 78 had a 39% increased risk of suffering a major vascular event, a 77% increased risk of cardiovascular disease death, and a …

Two sugary drinks a day increases risk as much as smoking for diabetes. Even if it doesn’t make you fat, overloading on sugary drinks can still cause metabolic problems like diabetes, according to a new meta-analysis….

Several studies have shown that metformin is associated with reduced cancer-related morbidity and mortality, due to the improvement of insulin sensitivity, or to the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase….

This study demonstrates for the first time that acetaminophen induces a significant increase in ambulatory blood pressure in patients with coronary artery disease.…

Study found eating moderate amounts of omega-3 fatty acids was beneficial for patients with periodontal disease. Patients with diabetes have increased incidence and severity of periodontal disease not accounted for by differences in the subgingival microbial infection. Poor glycemic control has been consistently associated with periodontal disease severity….