Conditions

Significantly more children with psoriasis present as overweight or obese compared with control patients without the inflammatory disease, according to a multicenter, cross-sectional, international study….

A recent landmark decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) represents an important first step toward addressing one of the great ironies of American health care….

A drug that was initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetes patients has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s sufferers….

The new threshold for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes may overwhelm the healthcare system….

More than one-quarter of all adults over age 65 have diabetes but there is little research on how to treat the disease in older adults….

But breast-feeding and late weaning may cut some of the child’s risk….

Additionally, insulin resistance in this patient population may negatively affect gray matter volume in the medial temporal lobe…. 

A diet high in carbohydrates and sugar may raise the risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly, whereas a diet high in fat and protein may reduce this risk…. 

A woman’s health before pregnancy is reflected in her child’s health for life….

Women with high thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and thyroid autoimmunity in early pregnancy have a fourfold risk for developing gestational diabetes and a threefold risk for delivering low-birth-weight neonates….