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A new study explains that improved erectile function, sexual desire and lower urinary tract symptoms are enhanced by weight loss in obese men with type 2 diabetes….

Four years of treatment with alpha-lipoic acid for diabetic polyneuropathy failed to achieve the study’s primary endpoint but did yield some clinically meaningful improvements, an international team reports.…

The FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) voted 9 to 6 against recommending the approval of the first in class novel antidiabetic agent dapagliflozin, largely because of fears that the product may cause breast and bladder cancer.… The EMDAC panel was also concerned about a lack of pharmacokinetic …

Women should get at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.…

Researchers say that dentists can help identify patients with diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. MJ was referred to a diabetes centre by her GP.  Mrs. MJ, a 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes since 2000, presents with…

Glucagon-like peptide-1 mimetics improve certain cardiovascular risk factors, although it is unclear if the observed benefits are direct effects or indirect effects due to weight loss. Improvements in systolic blood pressure seen in exenatide and liraglutide trials are illustrated in Figure 3. The decreases in systolic blood pressure range from …

Is working the night shift bad for you?…

Conventional glucose control monitoring methods may not be as meaningful in diabetes patients with end-stage renal disease, researchers found. Patients on dialysis will normally show a lower A1c than they actually have, giving patients and physicians a false sense of security.… The Gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients …

Defective skin barrier function, as evidenced by common filaggrin mutations, may predispose patients to type 2 diabetes.…