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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Will Losing Weight Help Control My Diabetes

Q&A: Does Byetta help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight?

October 02, 2008
A reader asks doctors at the Mayo Clinic if there is a medication for Type 2 diabetes that also helps with weight loss. Dr. Maria Collazo-Clavell responds with detailed information about Byetta, an injectable medicine that has been found to help some patients with Type 2 diabetes lose weight. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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The Best Time to Lose Weight
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...time.A large study that the professional journal Diabetes Care will publish in its October issue... Read more »

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Do you have trouble losing weight?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...reduction in the general population," said Joslin Diabetes Center obesity researcher Yu-Hua... Read more »

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Taste More, Eat Less
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...to lose weight, which almost everyone with type 2 diabetes wants to do.Alan Hirsch, MD, studied... Read more »

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The Times on Type 2 Diabetes: Part I
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

The Times on Type 2 Diabetes Part 1 of 2 Blaming the Patient Well it's about time!  ... Read more »

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Will diabetes be cured in the 21st century?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...the 21st Century? What do you think as a doc with diabetes? Will it make the extinction list of... Read more »

Health Guide

Diabetes Diagnosis Advice -- dealing with a diabetes diagnosis
Sorry to hear that you have joined us! Type 2 diabetes is a lot to live with, but it is really manageable! And if you are depressed, I can understand. Being depressed is pretty common with us,... Read more »
Diabetes Management: Effects of Persistent Ketosis
...your friends. They are the portents of bad things to come…  the persistence of ketones affects your diabetes. As always, a review of biology/biochemistry is a must when we talk about ketones.... Read more »
Diabetes Diet: Weight Control for Type 2 Diabetes
Weight Control for Type 2 DiabetesThe American Diabetes Association recommends that patients aim for a small but consistent weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week. Most patients should follow a diet... Read more »
Taking Responsibility for your Weight
...case was similar, but the patient was sent to the hospital due to the addition of an abnormal EKG and diabetes. This patient weighed 350 lbs and was 5’2" tall (body mass index was 64). A stress... Read more »
Heart Health and the Environment
...There is no argument that obesity exacts an enormous health toll: magnified risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis of weight-bearing joints like knees and hips,... Read more »

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Weight loss and obesity

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Medications

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...that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, some forms of... Read more »

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...that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, some forms of... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Weight loss is important for the millions of Americans who have type 2 diabetes. But a new study finds weight loss right after... Read summary »

The Write Way To Lose Weight
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Is the pen mightier than the spoon? One new study indicates when it comes to losing weight it's a very effective tool. According... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Undergoing bariatric weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant may be the healthiest decision for both mother and baby.... Read summary »

Could Byetta be used by people trying to lose weight?
October 02, 2008

Dr. Michael Hecht addresses a reader's questions about the weight loss associated with the diabetes drug Byetta. The patient, who has experienced... Read summary »

Q&A on weight loss pill options
October 03, 2008

According to health writer Dr. Judith Reichman, the statistics about taking and keeping off weight are not inspiring. But Reichman says that taking... Read summary »