“Avosentan reduces albuminuria when added to standard treatment in people with Type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy but induces significant fluid overload and congestive heart failure,” the study authors write. “Of particular concern was a trend to a higher mortality with avosentan….
Read More »Normal Glucose Greater than 85mg/dL in Kids Predicts Diabetes Later
Increases in fasting plasma glucose during childhood — even though levels remain in the normal range 85-100mg/dL.) — can predict adult prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes later in life, a retrospective cohort study showed.…
Read More »Siblings Key in Gestational Diabetes Risk
A family history of diabetes increases a woman’s risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new study confirms….
Read More »Diabetes Triples Risk of Dementia in Older People
Some older people with mild memory-loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes….
Read More »Mild Cognitive Impairment with Diabetes Increases Risk of Progression to Dementia
Researchers found that older people with memory loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes.
Read More »Genetic Predeterminants Identified for Diabetes in African-Americans
Inherited genetic variations exist between whites and blacks living in the U.S., leading to less efficient metabolism of glucose and predisposition to diabetes in blacks.
Read More »Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Slow Rate of Cognitive Decline
Older adults who used the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba for several years did not have a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to adults who received placebo, according to a new study.
Read More »Relieving Stress on Insulin-producing Cells May Prevent Diabetes
Cells in your body are constantly churning out poisonous forms of oxygen (oxidants) and mopping them up with a countervailing force of proteins and chemicals (anti-oxidants). This balancing act of oxidative stress is particularly likely to go haywire in beta cells, the insulin-producing cells that malfunction and then start to die …
Read More »Regaining Normal Glucose Function in Patients with Prediabetes
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 …
Read More »Short Women at Greater Risk for Gestational Diabetes
Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.
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