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Study determines the factors that predict the incidence of ketoacidosis and severe hypoglycemia in children. Diabetic ketoacidosis and severe hypoglycemia are acute complications of type 1 diabetes that are related, respectively, to insufficient or excessive insulin treatment. However, little is known about additional modifiable risk factors.

In Kuwait, research found that “the percentage of diabetic individuals who were in the highest 20% of CRP values were four times more likely to be suffering from cardiovascular disease compared to those who were in the lowest 20% of CRP,” according to Nabila Abdella, MB, CHP, FRCP, Professor of …

It is still controversial that a decrease in the ability of insulin to increase endothelial NO release results in impaired insulin-mediated vasodilatory response.

Small doses of caffeine–even as little as that in one cup of coffee–can cause temporary stiffening of the blood vessel walls

Obesity reaches “epidemic proportion,” leading to 300,000 premature deaths and costing the economy $120 billion annually.

Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes in middle-aged men independently of established risk factors,

Doctors found higher levels of markers of inflammation in the blood of people with heart disease

Weaknesses in the science behind the BMI, because it does not distinguish between fat mass and lean mass.

U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM FUELS GROWING DIABETES EPIDEMIC. Doctors need to “wake up” if they think serious complications of diabetes are inevitable in minority patients.

Reduces stroke by 44% and reduces kidney and eye disease for patients with Type 2 diabetes