Hyperglycemic component of diabetes has a greater adverse effect on brain functioning than does intermittent hypoglycemia.

Rural residents are more likely to suffer from diabetes by 16% than their city-dwelling counterparts, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.

Osteocalcin is one of Leptin’s mechanism to curb insulin release

The oral glucose tolerance test shows poor reproducibility in overweight children and adolescents, according to Pennsylvania-based researchers. Intra-individual variability is associated with a higher risk of developing diabetes.

Variation in glycosylated hemoglobin levels has been associated with a gene that is involved in the start of the body’s breakdown of sugar, according to researchers.

A Genetic susceptibility to both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease shares common alleles in their genetic makeup.

The study also showed that combined medical and pharmaceutical monthly costs were 10 percent lower for patients who received one or two periodontal procedures annually.

Babies who weighed less than average at birth were more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life than those who were born weighing more, an analysis of previous research found.

Each additional hour of sleep was associated with a 33% reduced risk of coronary artery calcification, a subclinical predictor of coronary heart disease, found Diane Lauderdale, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues.

Nearly 40 million U.S. adults decided not to fill a prescription medication from a doctor in the past year because of the cost. Ask your patients if they are filling and taking their medications.