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The article discusses a study conducted by Elizabeth Weir and colleagues from the University of Cambridge on the increased risk for chronic physical health problems of autistic women, including arrhythmia, low blood pressure and prediabetes.

The article focuses on the issue related to childhood obesity along with its risk factors and prevention. Topics discussed include insulin resistance involved in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D), growth in childhood obesity cases in the U.S., as per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and risk factors including genetic susceptibility and environmental factors.

The article presents guidelines for managing gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes which happens for the first time in a woman during pregnancy. Some of risk factors for gestational diabetes are being overweight, family history of diabetes and having prediabetes. Monitoring and controlling blood glucose levels is important to avoid having complications.

The article discusses two studies on the use of HbA1c assay to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes in children.

The article discusses the role of Colesevelam in the management of prediabetes as well as early type 2 diabetes mellitus. This drug is effective in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by binding bile acids found in the small intestine. The author mentions that the drug may be useful in treating hyperglycemia and LDL-C abnormalities which are some of the medical conditions associated with diabetes.

The article reports on the findings of a study conducted by U.S. researchers which suggest that past and present marijuana users are more likely to have prediabetes than those who have never used the drug.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the September 17, 2014 issue by Martin Hirst that was concerned with prediabetes.

Martin Hirst implores healthcare professionals to stop using the term ‘pre-diabetes’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the prevalence of type two diabetes in Great Britain and discusses the disease's signs and symptoms and causes and risk factors. A discussion of strategies that nurses can use to help patients with type two diabetes, and of resources which offer additional information on the disease, is presented.

The article discusses the analysis conducted by New York University researchers which indicated the unawareness of nearly 5.5 million Hispanic women in the U.S. of their risk for diabetes or prediabetes, and of their fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels.

The article discusses research being done on the rates of diagnosis and subsequent treatment after prediabetes was established.

The article reports on a study which found that patients with pre-diabetes who lost 10% or more of their body weight within the first 6 months of their diagnosis reduced their 3-year risk for developing diabetes by 85%.

The article focuses on an academic debate that was held during the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 8 to 12, 2012, discussing the role of metformin in the management of prediabetes.

The article reports on the risk for developing diabetes lowers in patients with prediabetes who return to normal glucose regulation, as discussed by Doctor Leigh Perreault at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 8 to 12, 2012.

The article reports on the possibility that prediabetes and other metabolic syndromes are associated with neuropathy, referencing to a study conducted by Brian C. Callaghan and colleagues, published in a 2012 issue of the journal "The Lancet Neurology."

cThe article reports that cardiovascular disease risk factors and prediabetes prevail in adolescents in the U.S., as indicated in the results of a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey released in 2012.

The article reports on the capability of exercise to restore the impaired vascular reactivity in prediabetic patients, as discussed by Sabyasachi Sen, a professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Massachusetts, at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 21st Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress Meeting that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 23 to 27, 2012.

The article discusses two studies related to diabetes, one of which investigated the effect of exercise and diet in patients who were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and the other examined the role of prediabetes in the diagnosis and risk of the disease. It reveals that an integration of an exercise programme into dietary advice was useless for diabetes control. It mentions that prediabetes heightens the risk of having diabetes.

This section discusses various issues concerning diabetes. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) experts recommend lifestyle modifications to prevent prediabetes from progressing to full diabetes. A national panel of health care experts advised the use of hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test to identify individuals with undetected diabetes. A review of studies showed that patients with diabetes are at risk of developing tuberculosis (TB).

The article discusses a study on the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and lower cancer mortality risk, which was published in "Diabetes Care." Results showed a correlation between moderate and high fitness and a lower risk of cancer mortality in men with prediabetes. In addition, hazard ratios were 0.71 for moderate fitness and 0.76 for high fitness.

This article presents tips from John Buse, director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel on manage care. He says that overweight patients should be screened for diabetes with a fasting glucose test. He explains that patients with diabetes or prediabetes should engage in moderate-intensity exercise. An annual checkups for complications should be done on patients with diabetes. Diabetics should work with their health care team to try to control their disease.

The article explores the issue of drug therapy for patients with prediabetes as discussed by Doctor Ronald B. Goldberg at a 2007 conference of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The estimated number of American adults with prediabetes, also known as impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), is cited. The recommendation of the ADA on the use of metformin is presented. The factors which hinder the adoption of drug therapy for patients with prediabetes are mentioned.