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Autoantibody-positive women with gestational hyperglycemia have fewer features of insulin resistance and need insulin more often than do autoantibody-negative women.

Early data demonstrate that pancreatic islet transplantation produces insulin independence in patients with type-1 diabetes.

After treatment with repaglinide, insulin secretion increased significantly during the first phase, but not during the second.

It is more important to change the proportions of dietary fatty acids than to cut the percentage of total or saturated fat when trying to improve the ratio of low and high density lipoproteins.

When celiac disease is diagnosed before diabetes mellitus, clinical presentation of the diabetes is severe, say researchers.

Nearly 90 percent of the study subjects had a history of high blood pressure, but more than 25 percent did not take medication to control it.

A Manhattan judge has chucked the Big Mac attack lawsuit brought on behalf of eight tubby teens who sued McDonald’s for making them diabetic or fat.

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflam­mation marker that has been impli­cated in the development of type 2 diabetes in Caucasians.

This noninvasive blood glucose monitor measures concentrations of serum glucose with clinically acceptable accuracy and avoids individual daily calibration.

Aggressive treatment to lower blood pressure in diabetics with clogged leg arteries significantly reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.