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The remission rates of type 2 diabetes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are influenced by the duration of disease, according to interim results from the APEX study…. 

Gastric bypass results in greater loss of lean muscle mass…. 

Two years of treatment with an investigational combination of phentermine plus topiramate (Qnexa, Vivus) resulted in improved cardiometabolic risk factors, in addition to weight loss….

Minimally invasive approach might have applications for weight-loss procedures, cancer care in humans….

Metabolic risk factors, including prediabetes, could be related to neuropathy…. 

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Trap-Eye provided a significant benefit to patients with diabetic macular edema in a phase II trial – and updated data now shows the initial improvements were sustained or increased a year later….

Arterial narrowing in retina seen as independent risk factor with type 1 diabetes…. 

Known as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the phosphodiesterase 5A inhibitor also improves diabetic cardiomyopathy….

Worksmart Labs, Inc. Android/Free This is one app that we have been using for more than 2 years, to record our workouts.

Patients with diabetes who are treated for periodontal disease are less likely to see a physician and less likely to be hospitalized. Furthermore, they cost the healthcare system $1800 less per patient per year….