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Higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels, but not systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels, can impair cognitive status in individuals without prior history of stroke or transient ischemic attack, according to the results of a large study. So being more aggressive in the treatment of hypertension can possibly prevent dementia.

A skin patch lined with “microneedles” may someday offer a painless alternative to hypodermic needles, according to scientists working on the concept.

Canadian scientists say they might have discovered a clue to the cause of Type 1 diabetes — a possible link to an abnormal response to wheat protein.

Dr. Giuseppe Caminiti of the Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Pisana in Rome, reported that long-acting testosterone injections improved exercise capacity and insulin sensitivity in elderly men with heart failure.

Over the next 40 years there could be a flood of dementia associated with Type 2 diabetes. 

“Exercise is the most potent insulin-sensitizing agent we have,” said Dr. Suzanne Craft, a geriatrician and Alzheimer’s researcher at the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.

FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it is reviewing new safety information regarding reports of liver-related adverse events in patients taking orlistat.

Metformin appears to reduce the risk for pancreatic cancer in patients with diabetes, whereas insulin therapy appears to increase the risk, according to the results of a large case-control study.

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information on the notion that sugar “feeds” tumors. The findings also have implications for other diseases such as diabetes.  

A team of researchers in Sweden, found that people classified as obese and those with pre-diabetes have raised levels of a protein called SPARC, that can cause tissue scarring.