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	Vitamin D Proving its Usefulness Researchers at Loyola University have found that Vitamin D also seems to help stave off the onset of diabetes and decrease the likelihood of complications.
	Screen Tool developed for Prediabetes A new tool from a researcher out of the University of Missouri-Columbia helps assess whether or not a person has the beginning stages of diabetes based on respondents’ answers about six factors, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.
	A Change in Routine A study in the November 2008 issue of Physical Therapy Journal finds that people with Type 2 diabetes respond better to high-force strength training in addition to aerobic exercise.
	Drug Use Increases among Young A study out of Saint Louis University finds that children, ages 10 to 14, have more than doubled their use of drugs for obesity-related diseases.
	Diseases may Delay Diagnosis In the online issue of Neurology, researchers from the University of Manitoba found that people with diagnosed health problems, such as diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure and obesity, experienced delays in receiving a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
	New NIH Curriculum NIH announced that it will launch its ‘Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools’ curriculum Wednesday, Nov. 12 in D.C. The goal of this K-12 curriculum is to inspire young people to take up careers in health and science and educate them about preventing or delaying diabetes onset in their communities.
	Retaining Health and Weight In the FASEB Journal, researchers are attempting to use a drug to keep obese people healthy by avoiding common obesity-related problems.
	Drug Pulls Double Duty Researchers have found that a drug popularly used to treat malaria could prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with arthritis. Scientists believe that the drug may improve a person’s glucose tolerance.
	The Power of Green Tea Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia found that the main antioxidant in green tea, EGCG, not only combats Sjogren’s syndrome, but type 1 diabetes, as well.
	Aspirin not Effective in Diabetics study published in the British Medical Journal found that regular doses of aspirin and antioxidants were not helpful in preventing heart attacks among people with diabetes.
	Low-Carb Diets alter Liver Fuction A study appearing in the November issue of Hepatology has found that if a person is on a low-carbohydrate diet, the liver will rely on other substances to produce glucose at an increased rate.
	Vision Loss More Common in People with Diabetes In the October issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, research points to the rate of blindness in people with diabetes, noting that 11 percent of American adults with diabetes have a form of visual impairment. The rate of diabetes is expected to more than triple by 2050 and people with diabetes have a higher rate of uncorrectable visual impairment.
	Diabetes Drugs May Pose Heart Risks In an online editorial in Heart, two Wake Forest University professors voice their concern for oral medications taken for Type 2 diabetes. The two believe a particular class of meds increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
	Low Testosterone Levels Evident in Diabetic Men Doctors at the University at Buffalo are ready to publish their research in the online edition of Diabetes Care, detailing their study that found lowered testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes. Researchers point out that this doesn’t affect their reproductive futures, but their bone mass and overall maintenance of diabetes.
	Killing Diabetes One Cell at a Time A number of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to target the defective immune cells that destroy the insulin-making cells in people with Type 1 diabetes. The study, detailing their work, will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Phase one of clinical trials has begun.
	C-section Babies may have Increased Risks Researchers from the Queen’s University Belfast conducted a study of 10,000 children from 20 published studies and found the children had an increased chance of developing Type I diabetes if they were delivered via C-section.
	Inherited Diabetes In the September 2008 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research, an Italian study looks at the likelihood of mice to develop Type 2 diabetes when the mother had Type 2 diabetes while pregnant and nursing.
	In 2007, I resolve…to resolve less and do more! Remember us? Yeah, you do. We are those that were very resolved to do all kinds of things last year. Well, we didn't do that bad, actually.