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Test blood sugar in all hospitalized patients

Hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients is associated with a greater risk for complications, as reported by Umpierrez and colleagues in the March 2002 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More...

GLP1 agonists can help weight reduction

GLP1 agonists can help diabetics and non diabetics alike lose weight. In a review and meta-analysis, all patients taking GLP-1 agonists, whether they had diabetes or not, achieved greater weight loss -- about
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Stem Cells May Reverse Diabetes

An immune regulator from healthy cord blood stem cells (CB-SCs) can "educate" the T cells of a person with type 1 diabetes (T1D), enabling the pancreas to produce insulin, according to a
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GLP1 agonists can help weight reduction

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Check all admitted patients for high blood sugar
New clinical-practice guidelines by the Endocrine Society recommend blood glucose testing for all patients on admission to the hospital. The guidelines are published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and More »

Stem Cells May Reverse Diabetes
An immune regulator from healthy cord blood stem cells (CB-SCs) can "educate" the T cells of a person with type 1 diabetes (T1D), enabling the pancreas to produce insulin, according to a report in More »

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A third of obese patients who received "enhanced counseling"--monthly weight-loss counseling supplemented with meal replacements or a weight-loss drug--had 5% weight loss at two years as per More »

Women on Night Shift Have Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Women who worked irregularly scheduled night shifts had up to a 60% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than women who worked only day and evening hours, according to a study, published online December 6 in PLOS Medicine. An Pan, PhD, a research fellow in the More »

Decline in vision problems in diabetes noted
Diabetes-related vision deficits declined significantly over the past 15 years, according to a study by the CDC. The proportion of adults with diabetes who More »

Cancer, diabetes screening for all in five years
Every Indian will be screened for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and stroke over the next five years, union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. “India will be the first country in the world to screen the entire population in the next five years,” he said. Pilot projects have More »