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This is the first major departure from the way we’ve been diagnosing diabetes for more than 30 years,” David M. Nathan, M.D., of Harvard Medical School who chaired the expert committee, told the press at the start of the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. … Full Story

Scores comparable to standard therapy on heart attacks, strokes and CV death but doubled incidence of heart failure warrants monitoring by physician.

A1c of less than 7% is not a predictor of mortality risk in Type 2 diabetes and the converse is true in that higher A1cs do increase the risk of mortality. For every 1% higher A1c level above 6%, the risk of death increases by 20%.

No difference is found in mortality risk between drugs that reduce insulin resistance compared to drugs that provide insulin and, “Prompt coronary artery bypass surgery, compared to intensive medical therapy alone, had significantly better outcomes when cardiovascular events were considered in addition to death.

Intensive control is appropriate in the first 15 years after diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. Initiation of intensive control in first 15 years after diagnosis reduces CV events; initiation of intensive control after 16-20 years results in no benefit; initiation after 20 years.

New research suggests diabetes is becoming a global problem, with more than 60% of all cases likely to occur in Asia. What is so unusual is that many affected individuals are not technically overweight or obese. That is, they are “metabolically obese,” defined as having a normal body weight, but …

If current trends continue, cases of Type 1 diabetes among children under 15 will increase by 70 percent by the year 2020, a new study suggests. Those are among the findings by researchers who analyzed diabetes data from 20 centers in 17 European countries. Those centers registered 29,311 cases of …

A single elevated A1C level (A1C >6%) is common in the general population of adults without a history of diabetes and is highly reliable for the detection of elevated fasting glucose. And 77% of individuals with A1C ?6.5% had FPG ?126 mg/dl which is the definition for the diagnosis of …

What is the life expectancy for a child born in the U.S in 2007…Full Story