Shedding pounds is a key element to treating type 2 diabetes, but even with this motivation, many people who want to lose weight have difficulty doing so. Weight loss through Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery along with lifestyle-intensive medical management—diabetes medication… Read More ›
Pregnant women should continue to undergo screening for gestational diabetes that uses the traditional 2-step approach, recommended a consensus panel convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Switching to a newer 1-step approach would result in more pregnant women… Read More ›
It may be time for many postmenopausal women to put down the calcium and vitamin D supplement bottles for good, as the latest in a string of influential health care organizations has recommended against the use of such supplements to… Read More ›
Mom’s admonishment to “Eat your veggies” appears to be sound advice, at least with respect to reducing risk of heart disease. Researchers from the University of Oxford in England found that compared with people who eat meat and fish, vegetarians… Read More ›
Does weight loss really have to be the proverbial bitter pill? Researchers in Belgium who’ve studied how receptors in the gut respond to sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami taste sensations say the answer may be yes—literally. In a review… Read More ›
Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes are usually told by physicians to modify their diets and increase physical activity in the hope of causing the condition to go into remission. But a study appearing today in JAMA suggests that even… Read More ›
Current guidelines for testing blood lipid levels to assess cardiovascular health recommend that patients fast at least 9 hours before having their blood drawn, to ensure an accurate result. But a study appearing today in the Archives of Internal Medicine… Read More ›
Public health officials warn that today’s obesity epidemic could result in tomorrow’s type 2 diabetes epidemic. And while obesity is associated with the development of diabetes, a paradox has emerged suggesting that some patients who are of normal weight when… Read More ›
Patients who participated in a stepped-care weight loss program lost nearly as much weight while spending only half as much as those in an intensive weight loss program, according to a study published in JAMA today. Many successful weight loss… Read More ›
The incidence of 2 rare types of childhood cancers decreased after the United States began to require manufacturers to add folic acid to cereal and other grain products, according to a study published today in the journal Pediatrics. But the… Read More ›
