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High homocysteine in the early postpartum period is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetes in women with a history of pregnancy-induced diabetes (a.k.a. gestational diabetes). more than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation.

By testing for cytoplasmic islet-cell antibodies (ICAs) along with other biomarkers of type 1 diabetes mellitus, researchers have found that the ability to predict which first-degree relatives are likely to develop type 1 diabetes themselves is greatly improved

PET proved more accurate than screening for genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s.

Study indicates that giving 1,000 patients pioglitazone (Actos) would avoid 21 first heart attacks, strokes or deaths over 3 years.

New test has the potential to be as significant to health care as measuring cholesterol levels.

Patients who present with idiopathic neuropathy may in fact be experiencing the first signs of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT or “prediabetes”).

Scientists have discovered a gene that plays a role in the most common type of type 2 diabetes, and they say the discovery could pave the way to a targeted treatment.

Moderately high insulin levels are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers and beta-amyloid in cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting a causal link between hyperinsulinemia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Folate may offer extra protection against stroke, on top of reducing levels of an amino acid related to the incident.

Maternal hypertension improves neonatal physiology and survival in small for gestational age infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).