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Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study
Lifestyle changes really do work to prevent type 2, experts say

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Combo of diet, exercise and injections helped non-diabetics shed pounds, study finds

Diabetes Medications Don’t Lower Inflammation
Metformin, insulin have little effect on risk factor for heart disease, study finds

Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer
Metformin-chemo combination shrinks tumors, delays recurrence in mice: study

Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos
Diabetes drug shouldn't be used when there's a safer alternative, study says

Patch ’Shots’ May Someday Replace Injections
Microneedles could deliver meds safely and painlessly, researchers say

Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort
Rates of serious complications drop with intensive therapy, study shows

Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
Study uncovers possible benefit, though, in stemming vision loss

Hormone Could Improve Diabetes Treatment
Biomarker might predict how type 2 patients will respond to drugs, study shows

Nicotine May Help Spur ’Prediabetes’
Toxin ups cortisol levels, encourages insulin resistance, study finds