Aspirin resistance was less common in patients taking low-dose aspirin. Results of a small prospective study suggest that almost half of patients hospitalized for treatment of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) are "aspirin resistant" as defined by an abnormal finding on PFA-100 (platelet function analyser) testing. Dr. Mark …

People with diabetes could soon be waving goodbye to the pain and hassle of needles, thanks to a new under-skin sensor that monitors blood sugar levels with a simple wave of the arm and could cost less then 50 dollars.

Forty percent of American adults ages 40 to 74 — millions of whom are Hispanic or Latino — currently have pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a condition that raises a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

A previous study had linked low triglycerides with higher mortality after stroke. In the current retrospective study, Dr. Tomasz Dziedzic and colleagues from Jagiellonian University, in Krakow, Poland, studied 863 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke.

When treated with postmenopausal hormone therapy (HRT), women with abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) experience greater atherosclerotic progression than healthy women.

Increasing physical activity of just walking with mild-to-moderate intensity can induce a partial regression of LVH with reductions in LV mass index and relative wall thickness in older adults with mild hypertension.

Hypovitaminosis D is associated with insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction, even in glucose-tolerant subjects. Dr. Ken C. Chiu, stated that. "Low vitamin D is extremely common, moreover, "our observations indicate that low vitamin D has a small but significant impact" on blood glucose metabolism and diabetes, he said.

Elderly women with diabetes are significantly more likely to decline mentally over the years than women without diabetes. Researchers report that poor control of blood sugar levels may be partially to blame,

The drug improves blood sugar levels by making cells more sensitive to insulin. New research suggests that, treatment with Glucophage (metformin) appears to improve the outcomes of diabetics who undergo angioplasty to open blocked heart blood vessels,

Data can be important in designing an optimal dietetic approach for patients with type 2 diabetes to prevent progressive myocardial dysfunction.