Bond funds typically own a number of individual bonds of varying maturities, so the impact of any single bondâs performance is lessened if that issuer should fail to pay interest or principal. Certain types of bond funds, such as broad market bond funds, are also diversified across bond sectors, providing exposure to corporate, U.S. government, government agency and mortgage-backed bonds.
1 Medications such as metformin, exenatide and a class of drugs called the thiazolidinediones can help improve insulin resistance. 2  These are approved in the treatment of type 2 diabetes but not for the treatment of insulin resistance alone.
Insulin resistance can be linked to diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease and other abnormalities. These abnormalities constitute the insulin resistance syndrome. Because resistance usually develops long before these diseases appear, identifying and treating insulin-resistant patients has potentially great preventive value.