Study concludes that newly diagnosed never treated patients with type 2 diabetes without any cardiovascular risk factors show early manifestations of macrovascular disease.
Read More »GPS Device Measures Walking Capacity in PAD Patients
Don’t have a treadmill to measure the walking capacity of your patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD)? Don’t worry. Just attach a pocket-sized global-positioning system (GPS) to their belt or knapsack, open the office door, and send them on their merry way.
Read More »MODY: An Insulin Sensitive Form Of Monogenic Diabetes Often Misdiagnosed As Type 2
MODY: An Insulin Sensitive Form Of Monogenic Diabetes Often Misdiagnosed As Type 2 Janet Ruhl, Type 2 1998-2006, MODY 2006-2007 MODY: An Insulin Sensitive Form Of Monogenic Diabetes Often Misdiagnosed As Type 2 Janet Ruhl, Type 2 1998-2006, MODY 2006-2007 NIH statistics reveal that almost 20% of all people diagnosed …
Read More »Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes: Concepts of Risk Rather Than Cause
Have you ever had a patient ask, how much do our genes contribute to our risk of developing diabetes? Or, “Diabetes seems to run in my family. Am I doomed to developing the disease too?” Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD gives us a way to answer in his feature Genetics …
Read More »Study Disputes Genetic Basis of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Minorities
A multidisciplinary team of researchers finds no evidence to support the widely held view that the “thrifty genotype” theory explains racial differences in the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Diamyd Begins Phase III Clinical Trials For Type 1 Diabetes
Diamyd Medical AB announced today details of its Phase III clinical protocol and plans in the US for Diamyd®, the company’s lead drug candidate for the treatment autoimmune diabetes, type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA)
Read More »Diabetes Gene Carries Similar Risk to Obesity
Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese, according to a collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.
Read More »Salad Is Even Healthier Than You Thought
Eating just one salad a day provides even greater health benefits than previously thought.
Read More »Fasting Glucose Levels Related to Exercise Capacity
Patients with diabetes and elevated fasting blood sugars have less capacity to exercise.
Read More »Impaired Blood Volume Expansion Occurs in Type 2 Diabetes
Patients with type 2 diabetes have impaired exercise-induced blood volume expansion, according to a new report.
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