Diabetes prevention likely resides in the restoration of Normal Glucose Regulation (NGR) rather than in the maintenance of a high-risk state, such as pre-diabetes. Therefore, it is encouraging to note that nearly one quarter of the study participants achieved NGR within the 3-year study window. Over half of those patients …
Read More »Nicotinamide Overload a Trigger for Type 2 Diabetes
The increasing prevalence of Type 2 diabetes following worldwide food fortification with niacin suggests that Type 2 diabetes may involve excessive niacin intake.
Read More »Your Tongue on Pot: Enhanced Sweet Taste
New findings report that endocannabinoids act directly on taste receptors on the tongue to enhance sweet taste.
Read More »Cancer Risk with Ezetimibe Is Unlikely Says FDA
The FDA has completed its review of the possible link between ezetimibe (Zetia, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals), the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin (Vytorin, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals), and an increased risk of cancer and cancer-related deaths. It concludes that the ezetimibe is likely safe.
Read More »It’s Final: New ADA Guidelines Urge A1C Test for Diabetes Diagnosis
The ADA will publish the new guidelines in the January issue of Diabetes Care. The A1c blood test may catch Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes sooner, with no fasting.
Read More »Low Income Diabetes Patients Dying at Higher Rates than Wealthy
Despite the drop in fatalities from diabetes over the past decade, patients with lower incomes appear to be dying at a much higher rate than wealthy ones, a new study shows.
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes and Major Depression Increase Risk for Significant CVD
Adults with Type 2 diabetes who have major depression face a greater risk for life-altering microvascular and macrovascular complications regardless of their self-care habits or the degree to which their disease is controlled, according to a study.
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes Gene Predisposes Children to Obesity
Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of Type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes and may present an avenue for developing drugs to counteract the disease, which …
Read More »People with Diabetes Gain Victory
With the passing of the new healthcare reform bill, prior existing conditions such as diabetes will not prevent people from getting coverage.
Read More »Reducing TV Time Helps Adults Burn More Calories
Adults who used an electronic lock-out system to reduce their television time by half did not change their calorie intake but did expend more energy over a three-week period.
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