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High Glucose Before Surgery Raises Risk of Dangerous Complications

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Patients who have high blood sugar before undergoing surgery run an increased risk of developing blood clots, deep vein thrombosis and even pulmonary embolism after surgery.

Diabetes Gene Carries Similar Risk to Obesity

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese.

Diet Drug Acomplia Seen Needing More Testing as Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Sanofi's highly anticipated diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) may also be useful in helping obese diabetics control their blood sugar levels, but some respected researchers have expressed skepticism and called for additional testing in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet.

Switch To Insulin Pen Improves Clinical Outcomes And Reduces Medical Costs

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Total all-cause annual treatment costs reduced by $1590 per patient.

New Study Shows Coffee Reduces Diabetes Risk

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

People who regularly drink coffee may face a lower risk of developing diabetes than those who do not, says a new study.

Pramlintide Continues Trials for Weight Loss

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Results of a Phase 2 study show a 8% reduction in weight. Pramlintide shows weight loss for those even without diabetes.

Postchallenge Glucose Rises with Age Even When Glucose Tolerance is Normal

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

One-hour OGTT glucose concentrations rise significantly with age even in subjects with NGT.

Obesity Linked to Lack of Childhood Sleep

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Dr Taheri does not claim that poor sleep is the only cause of obesity, but he says that its effects should be taken seriously, on the basis both of experiments and epidemiological evidence.

New Magic Weight-Loss Pill rimonabant (Acomplia) Offers Modest Results, Blocks 'Munchies'

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

A new drug billed as a magic bullet for obesity — rimonabant (Acomplia) — does help people lose weight, although not that much weight, and also helps lower cardiac risk factors, according to a review of studies.

Study: Leptin Has Powerful Effect on Reward Center in the Brain

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron.