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The difference between low and high ankle-brachial index can be indicator for diabetic retinopathy… Patients with diabetes are at a greater risk for peripheral artery disease caused by atherosclerosis. Previous studies showed that many diabetic patients who received an amputation had peripheral artery disease. The ankle-brachial index is used as …

Late night snacks and deprivation of sleep can have a serious impact in patients with type 1 diabetes… Diabetes is on the rise and many studies have proven association with negative eating habits with an increase in the progression of the diabetes. There may be a correlation of the timing …

Patients who are diagnosed or are at risk of developing diabetes should not take vitamin D as an alternative to treat the disease…. Low vitamin D has been associated with impaired glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. A study that was done by Diabetes Care demonstrates otherwise. A …

Dietitians have been praising the Mediterranean diet for years, but no studies related to olive oil intake have been focused in the United States until now…. Some current evidence suggests saturated fats may increase the risk of diabetes. Contrastingly, dietary intake of unsaturated fats have been shown to have a …

Soybean oil could contribute more to the development of diabetes and obesity than sugar…. Consumption of soybean oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids, has increased greatly within recent years as studies have shown that saturated fatty acids are associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease. Nutritional guidelines were …

Lifelong condition may join list of various medical ailments for which type 1 patients are at an increased risk… A population-based cohort study published using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) was evaluated comparing records from 303,394 type 1 diabetes patients aged 0-89 years old with 303,872 random controls …

When mice are given IL-35, type 1 diabetes is either reversed or completely cured as blood glucose returned to normal… Type 1 diabetes is considered an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks insulin-producing beta pancreatic cells. To better understand how to treat type 1 diabetes, Swedish researchers injected …

In addition to lifestyle, a new study suggests birthweight may play a role in a person’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes… A recent Harvard study was published in BMJ involving nearly 150,000 men and women without diabetes at baseline who were followed for 20-30 years. Researchers prospectively looked at …

ReShape Dual Balloon helping patients to achieve life-changing weight loss without surgery… A new non-surgical weight loss option is now available. The FDA has approved ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System which is the first non-surgical weight loss procedure for people with mild-to-moderate obesity. ReShape is a dual balloon mounted on …

Coffee may play a role in decreasing inflammation and thus have an association with lower diabetes incidences… A recent study sought to investigate any associations between coffee drinking, diabetes development and measured inflammatory and oxidative biomarkers. Scientists have suggested there is an inflammatory process involved in the development of type …