Prevention

A post-hoc analysis of the German Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study has found that people who achieve remission of prediabetes by losing weight through lifestyle intervention for 12 months may reduce their risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Two linked randomized trials published in JAMA support a role for verapamil, but not for intensive glycemic control, to slow C-peptide decline in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.

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Daily treatment with the vitamin D analog eldecalcitol has not prevented the development of type 2 diabetes or promoted a return to normoglycemia in a study of Japanese adults with impaired glucose tolerance.

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Tobias DK. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 78. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1063-8