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Testing fasting blood glucose and measuring abdominal obesity is a cost-effective approach to identifying patients taking second-generation antipsychotics with metabolic syndrome.

Nearly one out of every five pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes also has a neurodevelopmental disorder, psychiatric illness or behavioral disorder.

Heartburn is noted in 42% of patients with neuropathy versus 24% patients without neuropathy.

Those with diabetes are ore likely to suffer post-operative complications.Flexible

Brushing and flossing could do more than just maintain healthy teeth and gums; they also could help prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with diabetes.

Insulin, the hormone most closely linked to diabetes, has turned out to be the cause of the inherited form of the blood sugar disease.

Some blindness was reported by 38 men taking Viagra.

Hyperlipidemic subjects were 43% more likely to have dementia than normolipidemic subjects.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have developed the NIHSeniorHealth Website http://nihseniorhealth.gov. This interactive site was designed with the needs of older adults in mind, and includes large-print materials, relevant information, and features that are easy to use. To increase awareness among older …

A Penn State College of Medicine study suggests that a common antibiotic called minocycline may slow or prevent diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that is the leading cause of blindness in people ages 20 to 74.