Conditions

A blood glucose reading of 100mg/dL is Prediabetes. The newer threshold or cut-off point for fasting plasma glucose will increase those with Prediabetes to 5 million more with Prediabetes.

Early data suggest that, in addition to reducing hyperglycemia, pioglitazone and rosiglitazone effect changes in the dyslipidemic profile, hemodynamics, vascular inflammation, and endothelial functioning of patients with type 2 diabetes

Having diabetes along with high blood pressure dramatically raises the risk of brain lesions known as “silent strokes.”

Treating dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without cardiovascular disease appears to result in a clinical benefit equivalent to or greater than that seen with treating non-diabetic cardiovascular disease patients.

Insulin treatment achieves better results in patients with recent onset type 2 diabetes than does therapy with glibenclamide.

People with diabetes are at increased risk of going on to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Exercise and weight loss, which help control blood sugar levels, may be able to reverse some of the memory loss that accompanies aging.

New findings in mice suggest that skipping the occasional meal may be good for your health.

Every day, millions of Americans start the day with a cup of coffee and they drink it mostly for the same reason.

The world’s first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain on Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research.