The US Preventive Services Task Force states that evidence is limited to recommend screening asymptomatic adults for type 2 diabetes but that screening may be helpful in those with hypertension. Medscape Medical News
The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project shows that high sucrose intake is associated with poor quality of diet and growth between 13 months and 9 years of age. Medscape Medical News
A Mediterranean diet reduces diabetes risk, short-term antipsychotics raise risk for death or acute hospitalization at 30 days in adults with dementia, zoledronic acid significantly reduces risk of recurrent early breast cancer, children with high 100% juice intake have better nutritional status, and genetic markers point to which smokers may succeed with specific smoking cessation measures. Medscape Medical News
A study shows that for patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus increases the risk for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Medscape Medical News
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score may help identify high-risk patients who are most likely to benefit from intensive lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes, results of a study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care suggest. Reuters Health Information
For kidney transplant recipients, use of the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may increase the risk of diabetes, according to findings from a large registry study reported in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology for July. Reuters Health Information
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have less joint destruction in the early stage of the disease than do their lower-BMI counterparts, according to a report from the Netherlands in the June issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information
When the patient developed a recurrent parathyroid adenoma she refused surgery and in this case study the authors describe, for the first time, the use of the calcimimetic cinacalcet in a patient with hereditary primary hyperparathyroidism. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
A study shows that sitagliptin is generally well tolerated and provides effective glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate to severe renal insufficiency. Medscape Medical News