Conditions

How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers finds no evidence to support the widely held view that the “thrifty genotype” theory explains racial differences in the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

A new study suggests that diabetes is a significant risk factor for a type of memory problem that doctors call “amnestic mild cognitive impairment.”

The new ADA consensus statement specifies that screening for prediabetes should involve the fasting plasma glucose test and the 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test and should be undertaken in the same population that is currently screened for diabetes.

Results of a new study suggest that there is a general association between high adiposity and an increased risk of dementia, particularly among the “younger” elderly. In addition to age, other patient factors can confound this association.

Diamyd Medical AB announced today details of its Phase III clinical protocol and plans in the US for Diamyd®, the company’s lead drug candidate for the treatment autoimmune diabetes, type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA)

Doctors in the United States have raised concerns that there could be a connection between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Minor elevations in glucose during pregnancy are associated with a significantly increased risk of having an infant with an abnormal testicular descent, also known as congenital cryptorchidism, the results of a case-control study suggest.

A large study shows that there is such a thing as a heart-healthy high-protein diet that can lower harmful LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure.

For older people with diabetes, the condition does not increase the likelihood that they’ll develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.