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With much of the U.S. in the grip of harsh winter weather as December 2017 comes to a close, we're revisiting a post we originally published in 2013 about how having diabetes or prediabetes can increase the risk of frostbite. The risk was dramatically illustrated by the experience of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who had to pull out of a grueling expedition to cross Antarctica due to the effects of frostbite. We wish all our readers a healthy, safe, and warm new year!

Medication also found to further aids in reducing daily insulin dose.

Identifying causes of death and related risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease may help with prevention.

Obesity, independent of diabetes diagnosis, found to increase diabetes risk.

Patients with type 2 diabetes usually do not die from diabetes, but from cardiovascular disease and strokes.

Statin therapy may be elevating risk of type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults.

SEARCH For Diabetes In Youth Study finds more at risk of developing diabetic peripheral neuropathy than previously thought.

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores better at predicting risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) event in patients with type 2 than traditional scores.

Use of cholecalciferol demonstrated reductions in HbA1c.

Severe hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increased cardiac failure and mortality.