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Even people with type 2 diabetes who were not obese were able to achieve resolution of their condition with weight loss, a new study concludes. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says this finding points to the need …
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A group of overweight but not obese people with type 2 diabetes were able to completely resolve the condition and go off medications when they lost 10-15% of their body weight, a new study finds. Diabetes expert Rita Kalyani at …
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Overweight and obesity are associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. Now a new study demonstrates that in people with the condition, losing weight even if they’re not obese can resolve the condition entirely. Johns Hopkins diabetes expert Rita …
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A blood marker called prostasin seems to link both one’s risk to develop diabetes and the risk of dying from cancer. How might these be linked? William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, offers his interpretation. …
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More kids than ever before are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, research by pediatric endocrinology expert Sheela Magge at Johns Hopkins and colleagues has shown. This 77% rise during the pandemic may result in severe consequences for these children, …
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There’s been a 77% increase in type 2 diabetes in childhood during the pandemic, research by Sheela Magge, a pediatric endocrinology expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Magge says that while the condition goes by the same name, …
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