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A medical research team has verified genes that can be the cause of diabetes during pregnancy.

Individuals with the metabolic syndrome, which is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and diabetes may also have an increased risk of vascular dementia, but not Alzheimer’s disease.

Physical exercise could improve memory via glucose-lowering. Maintaining blood glucose levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may be an important strategy for preserving age-related memory and cognitive health.

Gestational diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent risk factor for the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes, and ethnicity and socioeconomic status appear to considerably influence the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, researchers report

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

Researchers said the effects can be seen even when levels of blood sugar, or glucose, are only moderately elevated, a finding that may help explain normal age-related cognitive decline, since glucose regulation worsens with age.

Consumer Health Sciences, findings demonstrated a significant impact of having prediabetes on the quality of life and work productivity of patients.

An assessment tool known as Tool to Assess Likelihood of Fasting Glucose ImpairmenT (TAG-IT) is effective in screening patients of varying ethnic backgrounds for prediabetes, according to the results of a new study. Researchers say the test is an improvement over using BMI alone or using a list of risk …

Fish intake lowered the risk for macroalbuminuria and kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to the results of a cross-sectional study.

They’re more than twice as likely to die sooner, study finds. Having diabetes or high blood pressure may hasten the death of people with Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.