Type 2 Diabetes

For which patients might a less stringent A1C goal -- of 8% -- be appropriate? A quiz, and the answer here.

Just weeks after Australian researchers published data suggesting that testosterone replacement therapy does not ameliorate type 2 diabetes among hypogonadal men, a team of American researchers has unveiled a second study that suggests just the opposite.

The rate of all-cause death was higher in patients who received insulin. Heart attack and stroke rates were statistically similar.

Current ADA diagnostic criteria are summarized here.

Women receive less aggressive screening for and care of cardiovascular risk factors than men. The sex disparity places women with diabetes at particular risk for CVD morbidity.

Women tend to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease later in life than men. But a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in a woman appears to nullify a gender-protective effect.

Findings from a pair of ongoing studies into the effects of testosterone replacement therapy indicate unexpected significant improvements for obese patients.

What's the connection between type 2 diabetes and rhinocerebral mucormycosis? Here's a case in point.

After studying an Amish population, researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center have discovered a mutation in a fat-storage gene that increases a patient's risk for type 2 diabetes.

Diagnoses of type 2 diabetes among US youth increased three-fold between 2001 and 2009. These children will enter their 20s with adult complications. Here, how to help stem the tide.

It is primarily the responsibility of parents, teachers, and health care professionals to be role models for the younger generation with respect to healthy eating and physical activity.

Significant advances have resulted in nearly equal 5-year survival rates for patients with and without diabetes.

Increases were significant in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to a new study, possibly leading to further increases in the next generation.

Total number of hospitalizations increased by more than 23%, while associated treatment costs rose but mortality declined.

A 36-year-old pregnant woman at 27 weeks gestation presented to the obstetrical triage for evaluation of possible abscess due to a lesion on her buttock that first appeared 1 week ago. Since that time, it has become increasingly painful and itchy. Although she denies any systemic symptoms, her pregnancy is complicated by gestational diabetes and obesity. However, she is HIV negative and her other prenatal labs were unremarkable.

Study of obese men with low testosterone and type 2 diabetes showed no benefits from treatment with intramuscular testosterone undecanote in glucose metabolism or visceral adiposity.

Bariatric surgery represents a potentially useful intervention for managing obese type 2 diabetics who would fail to reach treatment goals with intensive medical therapy alone.

Since inactivity accounts for 10-16% of breast cancers, colon cancers, and diabetes cases, as well as 22% of heart disease, some researchers believe too much sitting can cause just as much harm as smoking.

Despite intensive subcutaneous insulin therapy, a relatively small group of type 1 diabetics fails to reach adequate glycemic control, has frequent hypoglycemic episodes, or develops insulin resistance.

Do you recognize these symptomatic red patches and plaques? What underlying disorder does the condition imply?

Since nearly half of all Staphylococcus aureus infections harbor difficult-to-cure methicillin-resistant (MRSA) isolates, identifying MRSA risk factors could improve infection prevention and treatment, as well as reduce resistance patterns.

The observed insulin responses to sustained hypoxia at high altitudes has prompted deeper inquiry into the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes.

Research from Chile suggests that low levels of free testosterone - rather than high ones - indicate that an apparently low-risk case of prostate cancer will require treatment.

While the evidence is very preliminary, it is thought that SGLT2 inhibitors may suppress glomerular hyperfiltration, hypoglycemia-related tubular growth, kidney hypertrophy, and other harbingers of diabetic nephropathy.

What role do bisphosphonates play in the management of a Charcot joint? Is arthrodesis preferred to osteotomy? What's the most common complication of Charcot foot? Take this mini-quiz.

The Endocrine Society's new the Accurate Insulin Decisions smartphone app provides support for patients and physicians with setting realistic blood sugar goals and easily adjusting insulin doses.

Incorporating aspects of the small particle diet into the recommendations for diabetic gastroparesis might be beneficial to patients.

The medical literature reports up to 6% of all deaths in type 1 diabetic patients younger than age 40 are caused by "dead-in-bed" syndrome.

Study results to be presented at the 2014 AAN annual meeting show asymptomatic carotid stenosis may also contribute to impaired memory, cognitive function, and decision making.

Rates of heart attacks and strokes declined substantially in the past 20 years among US adults with diabetes. The greatest declines in diabetes-related complications occurred among heart attack and stroke victims.