A study in the June issue of Diabetes Care suggests that enhanced treatment of depression in diabetic patients improves their depression outcomes with no increase in long-term costs compared to usual primary care. Reuters Health Information
A randomized controlled clinical trial shows that women with a history of GDM and impaired glucose tolerance may delay or prevent diabetes with a healthy lifestyle or metformin use. Medscape Medical News
Individualized, physician-directed lifestyle counseling appears to help some diabetic patients increase physical activity and lose weight, according to a trial conducted at two urban health centers in Colorado. Reuters Health Information
A study shows that gestational diabetes and other reproductive factors are associated with dysglycemia in middle-aged women of many ethnicities without a previous diagnosis of diabetes. Medscape Medical News
Patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) get a greater degree of platelet inhibition with cilostazol added to clopidogrel and aspirin. Reuters Health Information
