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A marker called AIM (apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage) is an important factor in the autoimmune process. The inhibition of AIM may stop the body from producing antibodies which attack the self…. 

Awareness of prediabetes is low, less than 14% of people in the U.S. are aware of the condition….

Andre McMahon, PharmD Candidate, University of Florida College of Pharmacy Dave Joffe, Editor-in-chief, Diabetes In Control The metabolic syndrome is associated with many risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular complications which include: central obesity, elevated fasting glucose, elevated triglycerides, decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and hypertension. When a …

A community-based diabetes-prevention program produced significant reductions in blood glucose and body mass index (BMI) among individuals with prediabetes, while also reducing costs at 2 years….

"As many as half of Asian women who had gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within eight years of giving birth." …

Recent study finds breastfeeding does not lower risk of obesity….

 Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), which is maternal hyperglycemia that arises primarily during the third trimester of pregnancy, is usually diagnosed at 24 to 28 weeks of gestation with an oral glucose challenge. Women who have risk factors for gestational diabetes, however, may have this test earlier in the pregnancy. Using …

Americans eating less and getting fatter….

While previous studies have linked vitamin D deficiency with obesity….

Sustained high levels of sugars damage our cells and can….