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PET proved more accurate than screening for genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s.

The babies of women with diabetes are two to five times more likely to develop birth defects than offspring of women without diabetes. Study suggests that high blood glucose levels early in pregnancy deprive the embryo of oxygen, interfering with its development.

For people with diabetes undergoing angioplasty to clear clogged coronary arteries, stents that release a drug, sirolimus, to prevent re-clogging are better than bare-metal stents by 27% in preventing major cardiac adverse events as– cardiac death,

New research shows that diabetes can substantially raise the risk of falls among elderly adults living in nursing homes by as much as four times.

Men and women with fasting plasma glucose levels in the high-normal range of 87 to 99 mg/dL should be counseled with regard to weight and lifestyle, and assessing their lipid profiles. Young men with fasting plasma glucose levels in the high-normal range appear to be at increased risk for type …

A new study has found that having a pet can encourage owners to get more exercise and results in more weight loss than most nationally known diet plans.

Many have gone years without any insulin injections or immunosuppressant drugs.

Study indicates that giving 1,000 patients pioglitazone (Actos) would avoid 21 first heart attacks, strokes or deaths over 3 years.