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Diabetes prevention likely resides in the restoration of Normal Glucose Regulation (NGR) rather than in the maintenance of a high-risk state, such as pre-diabetes. Therefore, it is encouraging to note that nearly one quarter of the study participants achieved NGR within the 3-year study window. Over half of those patients …

Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.

Olmesartan reduced the risk of microalbuminuria by 23% in normoalbuminuric patients with Type 2 diabetes and at least one additional cardiovascular disease risk factor, results from a large European trial showed.

French study suggesting delayed progression gets guarded response from U.S. experts.

Repeated exposure to the low blood sugar levels caused by poorly controlled diabetes may damage the brain’s cognitive function, according to a study.

Some women who test negative for gestational diabetes on glucose challenge and glucose tolerance tests are still at significant risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and hypertension 15 years later. 

Researchers are reporting that treatment of even the mildest forms of gestational diabetes halves the risk of delivering newborns with excess body fat and shoulder dystocia at birth. Treatment also results in fewer cesarean deliveries and a reduction in risk for pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders.

Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a recent study.

The International Expert Committee has concluded that the best current evidence supports the following recommendations in the use of the A1c for the diagnosis of diabetes.

Higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels, but not systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels, can impair cognitive status in individuals without prior history of stroke or transient ischemic attack, according to the results of a large study. So being more aggressive in the treatment of hypertension can possibly prevent dementia.