According to an article in DiabetesInControl.com, a new study shows that obesity alone mya be the best predictor of type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their pancreases, but they’ve been unable to confirm or calculate how much fat resides there because of the organ’s location — that’s until now …

Many studies have proven that caffeine makes insulin resistance worse. Although caffeine is often added to popular weight loss drugs, caffeine can make losing weight harder for people with insulin resistance and pre-diabetes.  It makes glucose intolerance worse, causes higher blood sugar, and can contribute to pushing people with pre-diabetes over the edge into full-blown [...]

Insulin Resistance Syndrome, which is also known as Metabolic Syndrome, or Syndrome X, has now been linked to the development of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

THURSDAY, June 11, 2009 (HealthDay News) — The nicotine in cigarette smoke may promote insulin resistance and lead to a condition known as pre-diabetes, new research shows…

THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — A hormone might be an effective biomarker to help improve treatment of type 2 diabetes, U.S. researchers report.