A study appearing November 5 in the journal Cell Metabolism demonstrates that a synthetic new chemical entity protects against diet-induced obesity, improves glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity and enhances exercise endurance by enhancing fat utilization in certain target tissues.
Reducing calorie consumption by about 20%, the new chemical has been shown to slow down the aging […]

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In the September 10, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Matthew Smith and his colleagues reported on the association of diabetes mellitus (DM) and death in men treated for prostate cancer (CaP) with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The authors cited a meta-analysis whereby an inverse relationship between diabetes and CaP […]

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In addition to dealing with the day-to-day aspects of diabetes management that involve blood glucose, nutrition and lifestyle management, men in the United States with diabetes are also grappling with other physical, emotional and sexual health issues according to survey findings released today by the American Diabetes Association.
According to the research, only 30% of men […]

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Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Researchers from the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong […]

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Men really should learn how to relax and forget their worries, for a new Swedish study suggests that it can up the risk of them developing diabetes.
The boffins from Karolinska Institute found that anxiety, depression and sleepless nights more than double the risk of 2 diabetes in men with high levels of “psychological distress”. [ […]

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Lifestyle changes, coupled with a reduction in heart disease risks, will go a long way toward preventing pre-diabetes from progressing to the full-blown disease, experts from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) recommend.
Pre-diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels or impaired glucose tolerance is elevated, but not quite to the point defined as diabetes. More […]

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Despite strong evidence that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or at least delayed by a combination of lifestyle changes and good dietary advice, a team of Cochrane Researchers found that there is no indication whether dietary advice alone can prevent the disease.
Type 2 diabetes is very common and the number of people affected is […]

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Dr. Con Mallidis from Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, said at the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Wednesday 9 July), that diabetes in men has a direct effect on fertility, a scientist told
According to the scientist’s opinion, despite the prevailing view that it had little effect on male reproductive […]

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The current childhood obesity epidemic in the United States may lead to large numbers of young adults developing type 2 diabetes in the future, along with serious diabetes-related health complications, warns a University of Michigan researcher.
“The full impact of the childhood obesity epidemic has yet to be seen, because it can take up to 10 […]

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A new study expected to be presented in San Francisco this weekend at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society found that physical fitness appeared to be more important than weight in estimating a male diabetic’s longevity.
The researchers found that the higher the man’s level of fitness, the lower his risk of dying during the […]

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