Articles

The novel iPhone application and device could be used to prevent strokes….

People with type 2 diabetes who are diagnosed with cancer ignore their diabetes in favor of cancer treatment but uncontrolled high blood sugar weakens their immune systems and is more likely to kill them than cancer…. 

Blocking the endothelin receptor reduces risk factors for heart disease, the most common cause of death in kidney disease patients…. 

Adults who engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity each week can mean living up to five years longer than inactive adults….

Automated analysis of microaneurysm (MA) turnover predicted the development of clinically significant macular edema (CSME) among patients with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (MNDR)….

Discovery of a protein involved in the conversion of dietary carbohydrates into fat could have implications down the road for treatment of fatty liver disease, diabetes, and obesity…. 

Chronically high levels of insulin may be an important underlying cause of obesity…. 

Data from electronic health records (EHRs) can be used to detect more cases of diabetes than claim codes alone and can be used to accurately distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes….

Higher-dose atorvastatin (Lipitor) increased the risk of new-onset diabetes compared with lower statin doses, but only among patients who already had at least two risk factors for elevated blood glucose, an analysis of two randomized trials showed….

Pancreatic islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes may improve atherosclerosis….