Pyridoxamine, an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), appears to protect against pathological changes in the retinas of diabetic rats and may be a new treatment for diabetic retinopathy.

The only way of reducing microvascular disease currently is by maintaining tight glycemic control, flexible insulin management is one way to achieve it.

The partners of patients with type 2 diabetes experience at least as much depression and anxiety as the diabetic patients themselves, especially if they are female.

Although conventional wisdom is that obesity causes high cholesterol, results of a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that, at least for girls, high cholesterol can be a marker of obesity developing later in childhood.

Diabetes and its complications are the leading cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations in the United States. Neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, is a major contributing force leading to lower extremity amputation. Neuropathy leads to an anesthetic foot with increased pressure on the sole of the foot. This increased …

Findings in two large trials show— Impaired lung function may be yet another complication of diabetes. Findings could delay the introduction of inhaled insulin.

Researchers in the US have successfully used the hormone leptin to treat patients suffering from lipodystrophy, a rare and difficult-to-treat disorder that shares some of the characteristics of typical type 2 diabetes.

Presented at AADE, focuses on patient self-management of diabetes.

Diabetes education delivered in a group setting, when compared with an individual setting, was equally effective at providing equivalent or slightly greater improvements.

The answer is for single men with diabetes to get married.