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We are more interested in water than we are in Obesity. Yet they are connected.A year ago the professional journal Obesity published the results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial that compares weight loss among dieters who drink water before meals with those who do not. When the people in the trial drank just two 8-ounces of that simple stuff right before each of their three daily meals, they lost about 5 pounds more than those in the…  Read More →

Recently, David wrote about BD’s shorter (4mm) needles.  Read More →

This is a new idea I’ve put together on condensing some of the research that may be of interest, but perhaps doesn’t deserve a full post. Also, many times I don’t feel that it is worth covering every mouse trial that has “created a cure,” because we have seen that many mouse trials do not translate to a cure in human trials. “Research Wrap Up” will be posted once a month allowing me a better opportunity... 

Obese dieters who drank two glasses before breakfast, lunch, and dinner lost five pounds more than their dieting peers over the course of three months.  Read More →

People who eat an extra serving of green leafy vegetables every day may be saving themselves from Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.  Read More →

Vitamin D seems to prevent many of our ills. Some studies show that taking large doses of it will treat just about everything from building strong bones to protecting us from strokes and heart failure to reducing our risk of cancer and on to helping us regulate our immune system and control inflammation, our blood pressure, and even our blood glucose. Higher levels of vitamin D is associated with reduced risks for multiple sclerosis,…  Read More →

More Americans filed charges of discrimination against their employers in 2009 than in any other year since the ADA bill was passed, experts say, and the economy may be the primary cause.  Read More →

If you decide that this post is shameless self-promotion, you would be half right. The people at Diabetes PowerShow say some nice things about me on their website.But when they interviewed me last week, somehow I thought that I might have said a thing or two that would interest you. Since I went on and on for an hour and one-half, my message has to contain some meat.You can go directly to their interview with me here. Fortunately, it’s…  Read More →

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Overweight Type 2 diabetics who have weight-loss surgery may be able to reduce or completely stop their diabetes medications, a new study suggests.  Read More →

Fear of the needle is one of the main reasons many diabetics are reluctant to go on insulin, experts say, but two new delivery methods may relieve that fear.  Read More →

One of the longest-running trials to pit Atkins-style low-carbohydrate diets against low-fat diets found that low-carb may be the most heart-friendly.  Read More →

Results from a new poll suggest that the number of so-called “cyberchondriacs” has risen from 154 million people in 2009 to 175 million people in 2010.  Read More →

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