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Pregnant women with gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT) may exhibit the same adverse outcomes as do women with gestational diabetes mellitus, according to the results of a new study

People with impaired glucose tolerance were 81% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes over a 3-year period if treated with pioglitazone, according to the findings of an industry-sponsored randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 602 patients.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who eat high-fat meals may experience memory declines immediately afterward, but this can be offset by taking antioxidant vitamins with the meal, according to new research.

Vanessa M. Justino, Dr. of Pharmacy Candidate University of Florida had an opportunity to spend some time at the Advanced Diabetes Treatment Center in Tampa where they use a therapy called MATS to help reverse the effects of diabetes. She was fascinated by what she learned and has prepared a …

Study concludes that newly diagnosed never treated patients with type 2 diabetes without any cardiovascular risk factors show early manifestations of macrovascular disease.

Many health care professionals suspect that a low glycemic diet may play a significant role in controlling pregnancy-related diabetes, but a recent review of evidence evaluating the effects of diet proved inconclusive.

Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of up to 65% of developing Alzheimer’s disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies identified the probable molecular basis for the diabetes – Alzheimer’s interaction.

In pregnant women with gestational diabetes, metformin alone or metformin supplemented with insulin did not increase perinatal complications vs insulin alone, according to the results of a new study.

Yes, you can stop diabetes before it begins, but you won’t receive the care you need if you don’t even know you have the problem. Screening is now recommended for everyone beginning at 45 years of age.

The recent report that having a pot belly in your 40s roughly triples your risk of dementia in later life is just the tip of an ominous adipose iceberg.