May 23, 2012 (Medtronic) — Study Results Slated for Presentation in Late-Breaking Clinical Trials Session at Endocrinology Meeting Include Low Event Rates Through Two Years of Follow-Up.

May 25, 2012 (Kaiser Permanente) —  Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose testing, according to Kaiser Permanente researchers.

May 24, 2012 (Boehringer Ingelheim) — New Phase 3 data for Tradjenta ® (linagliptin) tablets in black or African American patients with type 2 diabetes showed significant improvement in blood sugar. First published trial of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor specifically conducted in black or African American patients with type 2 diabetes.

May 22, 2012 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Healthier lifestyles, better disease management are helping people live longer.

Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

May 23, 2012 (Newswise) — The severity of sleep disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia independently predict both glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a new study.

May 22, 2012 (Infectious Diseases Society of America) — DSA Diabetic Foot Infection Guidelines suggest multidisciplinary team approach is best.

Diabetic foot infections are an increasingly common problem, but proper care can save limbs and, ultimately, lives, suggest new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

May 21, 2012 (Johns Hopkins Medicine) — Neurogenesis spurred by a high-fat diet encourages more eating and fat storage, animal study suggests.

New nerve cells formed in a select part of the brain could hold considerable sway over how much you eat and consequently weigh, new animal research by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests in a study published in the May issue of Nature Neuroscience.

May 20, 2012 (Newswise) — Observational studies show vitamin D may benefit cardiovascular, skin and metabolic disorders.

May 20, 2012 (Newswise) — For the first time, scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have shown that an experimental bariatric surgery can lower blood sugar levels in rats with type 1 diabetes.