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A new cardiovascular drug screening has identified existing anti-hypertensive agents capable of preventing cognitive decline and amyloid neuropathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

AGEs form in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers early in the disease process and elevated blood sugars in those with diabetes increase the formation of AGEs.

The first big target for embryonic stem cell research in Australia will be a cure for diabetes, with a top researcher predicting major progress within four years.

Only 45% women in the cohort underwent postpartum glucose testing, as recommended.

Fish consumption, about one serving per week or more, is associated with reduced cognitive decline, according to the results of a prospective cohort study.

The results of an international study suggests that a compound found in red wine gave mice longer and healthier lives and also countered some of the effects of a high-calorie diet.

Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese, according to a collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Drinking 6 ounces of pomegranate juice daily may protect diabetics from developing heart disease, according to a new study.

Women with gestational diabetes can be accurately identified by measuring fasting capillary glucose.

Scientists have deciphered the structure of a “Pac Man”-like enzyme that could form the basis of new treatments for diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.