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About one and a half years ago I was evaluating the educational needs of a mid-30’s, female, hospital in-patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). She and her husband both had DM2. Both were slender, active, did carb counting and followed all the prescribed recommendations of living successfully with diabetes. …

Why is cancer risk higher among diabetes patients?… Evidence indicates an increased risk of certain cancers among people with type 2 diabetes. Evidence for rarer cancers and for type 1 diabetes is limited. Australian researchers recently explored the excess risk of site-specific cancer incidence and mortality among people with type …

Optimum HbA1c level yet to be determined… HbA1c is strongly related to the development of diabetes complications, but it is still controversial as to which HbA1c level to strive for in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Swedish researchers evaluated HbA1c, followed from diagnosis, as a predictor of severe microvascular …

However, advancement in medications and better controlled regimens may be contributing to a decline in psychiatric disorders among this population… We know from previous studies and research that there is a increased risk and prevalence for depression in the diabetic population. Other trials have also linked diabetes with different subtypes …

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon- like peptide-1 have glucose-dependent effects on glucagon secretion but differ in their effects on type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients… From various studies we know that glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) have glucose-dependent effects on glucagon secretion. GIP causes increased glucagon …

Depressive symptoms have been associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but less is known about other anxiety disorders that can be comorbid or exist without depression… This study examined patients at risk for type 2 diabetes and its correlation to anxiety, depression or metabolic syndrome in the at risk …

Inadequate access to primary care means that deaf people have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease… The research, conducted at the School for Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol, compared the health of deaf people to that of people …

  Type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1D and T2D) both present with hyperglycemia and have similar chronic complications.

In the meta-analysis, women also had twice the excess risk of fatal and nonfatal vascular events, compared with men with type 1 diabetes… Australian researchers have done a meta-analysis to provide reliable estimates of any sex differences in the effect of type 1 diabetes on risk of all-cause mortality and …

In this longitudinal population-based study, 1609 patients were followed between 2002 and 2014 (mean, 10.9 years) to determine whether prediabetes affected risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes mellitus (DM)… No association was found between prediabetes and the development of cardiovascular disease using models that were adjusted for several factors …