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Over the next 40 years there could be a flood of dementia associated with Type 2 diabetes. 

“Exercise is the most potent insulin-sensitizing agent we have,” said Dr. Suzanne Craft, a geriatrician and Alzheimer’s researcher at the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.

Two Gestational Guides Guidelines for Professionals and Patients  Two guides released by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help women with gestational diabetes and their doctors make informed decisions about different treatments for the condition.   Two Gestational Guides

Two new guides released last week by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help women with gestational diabetes and their doctors make informed decisions about different treatments for the condition.  

Even moderately elevated cholesterol levels in midlife are strongly associated with later risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), new research suggests.    

Researchers report that over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese and diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar. 

A cellular protein that may prevent nerve cells from dying also helps to improve insulin action and lower blood glucose levels, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

Anyone who defends the pharmaceutical industry has to be ready to hear, over and over and over, about how much it spends on sales and marketing versus R&D. This is thought to be a telling point about where the priorities really are. I’ve addressed this one several times, and my …

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food, with increased deaths from ……

Nicotine increases cortisol levels, encourages insulin resistance, study finds.