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Major depression doubles the risk of incident diabetic foot ulcers, according to the results of a large, prospective, population-based cohort study…… 

Diabetics undergoing total joint replacement often are at a higher risk of experiencing complications after surgery due to various pre-existing health conditions, but those complications are less likely to occur when a diabetic patient has glucose levels under control.

Patients who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding achieved less weight loss and less improvement in comorbid conditions than those who had gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.

Forty-six percent of patients over age 60 currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant will die before they receive an organ from a deceased donor, reports an upcoming study.

Dr. Aaron Vinik, principle investigator for the study at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, is testing a new diabetes drug, Prochymal.  It’s part of a first-of-its-kind study for finding a possible cure.

Insulin-resistant men had significant improvement in erectile function when metformin was added to sildenafil(Viagra), according to data from a small clinical study.  Metformin increases the activity of sildenafil.

Lead author Claudia Sedlinsky, MD, of GIOMM – La Plata National University, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina stated that, both metformin and rosiglitazone are widely used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. 

In teenagers who are morbidly obese, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, according to a study. 

The largest study to date looking at whether the risk of bone fractures is increased in the setting of thiazolidinedione drugs (TZDs) suggests that fracture risk is more than 40% higher in people taking TZDs and that both men and women are vulnerable 

The diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) significantly improved psoriasis control when added to oral acitretin (Soriatane), data from a small clinical trial demonstrated. This could be an important finding due to the fact that many people with diabetes also have psoriasis.