March 10, 2010 (Newswise) - Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators suggests.

March 10, 2010 (EurekAlert) - Scientists in Texas are reporting development of a first-of-its-kind cloth that releases nitric oxide gas — an advance toward making therapeutic socks for people with diabetes and a wrap to help preserve organs harvested for transplantation. The study is in ACS' Chemistry of Materials, a bi-weekly journal.

K-STATE STUDY FINDS THAT LOW-INCOME WOMEN LIVING IN SMALL CITIES HAVE HIGHER CHANCE OF OBESITY BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FOOD STORES

March 9, 2010 (Garvan Institute) - We have known for several years that Hepatitis C, a common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer, also makes people three to four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.

March 9, 2010 (Kaiser Permanente) - The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

March 8, 2010 (EurekAlert) - Adults tend to eat less pizza and drink less soda as the price of these items increases, and their body weight and overall calorie intake also appear to decrease, according to a report in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

March 8, 2010 (EurekAlert) - Normal-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese than non-drinkers, according to a report in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

March 5, 2010 (Newswise) — Diabetes affects approximately 8 percent of the people in
the United States and adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates two
to four times higher than adults without diabetes, according to the American
Diabetes Association. A new study shows that primary care physicians believe
the barriers that put patients with uncontrolled diabetes at risk for