Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Does losing weight help prevent heart attacks for people with type 2 diabetes?

Posted at 23rd October 2012 by Ryan Luce

written by Michael O’Leary
People with type 2 diabetes who maintained a weight-loss of 5 percent of their starting weight over four years saw improvements in blood sugar control, sleep apnea, mobility and HDL cholesterol.
Despite those benefits, however, researchers were surprised to find no difference in the rates of heart attacks, chest pain and death from cardiovascular causes between the exercise group and the comparison group of type 2 diabetes patients who did not lose weight.
(published site)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Does Qsymia Help Lower HbA1c? New Results From CONQUER Study

Posted at 16th October 2012 


written by Michael O’Leary
People with type 2 diabetes who participated in a study using a newly FDA-approved weight-loss drug reduced their blood sugar by an average of 0.4 percent compared to those in the trial who were taking a placebo.
(published site)