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Adults who develop obesity after having elevated childhood BMI are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes compared with those who avoid obesity regardless of childhood BMI status, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity.
Source: Maintaining high BMI into adulthood increases type 2 diabetes risk Page 2
Many adults with diabetes also have overweight or obesity. Although the mechanisms underlying the connection between diabetes and adiposity are not fully understood, experts point to insulin resistance induced by excess weight as the cause of elevated blood glucose levels.
Source: Educators must address weight reduction in diabetes management
The Coca-Cola Company may be exerting undue influence over public health studies that it funds at universities and other institutions, according to an analysis published Tuesday in the Journal of Public Health Policy.
Source: Study: Coca-Cola Doesn’t ‘Walk Its Talk’ on Research Independence
An insulin patch can safely provide similarly effective glycemic management in adults with type 2 diabetes compared with a standard insulin pen, according to findings published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.
Source: Insulin patch proves effective for adults with type 2 diabetes
Barriers to mealtime insulin include complexity, fear of injections, and lifestyle interference. This multicenter, randomized controlled trial evaluated efficacy, safety, and self-reported outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes, inadequately controlled on basal insulin, initiating and managing mealtime insulin with a wearable patch versus an insulin pen.
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil) might be a candidate as adjunctive therapy in type 2 diabetes, researchers reported here.
Source: Could an Anti-Malarial Be an Adjunctive T2D Therapy?
People with PD are at increased risk for malnutrition; yet, with attention to diet, you will feel better, ward off nutrition-related diseases, and prevent hospitalization. A stay in the hospital can be costly, traumatic, and painful, but for those with PD, there are additional concerns.
Men and women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have an increased risk for overall cancer and some site-specific cancers, according to a study published online May 9 in the Journal of Diabetes.
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is under investigation as a cause of the growing global prevalence of Crohn’s disease (CD). Found in meat, milk, water, fruits and vegetables, pastures, and aerosols, this pathogen, which can exist only in mammalian cells, causes a granulomatous enteritis similar to an intestinal tuberculosis known as Johne’s disease in cattle and other ruminants.
More than half of obese patients with urinary incontinence had improvement or resolution of the problem following bariatric surgery, according to a study reported here.
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