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For patients with type 2 diabetes, a combination of 2 antihypertensive drugs reduces the risk of kidney disease by about 20% even in patients who don’t have high blood pressure, according to a new study.

Taking clues from their stem cell research, investigators at the University of California San Diego have discovered that a signaling pathway involved in normal pancreatic development is also associated with type 2 diabetes.

Dialysis patients who call higher altitudes home may live longer than patients residing at sea level, according to a new study.

Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a new study.

For people with type 2 diabetes, diets high in either monounsaturated fatty acids or carbohydrates are good — as long as the calories they contain are limited.

A new approach called pharmacogenetics is predicting the proper dose of the blood thinner warfarin which can help doctors do a better job of preventing dangerous blood clots and serious bleeding, researchers reported.

The blood pressure of patients with metabolic syndrome showed significantly greater sensitivity to high- and low-sodium diets compared with a control group, researchers found.

We may have very soon, a simple blood test that will predict the genetic risk of suffering a heart attack – no matter what your ethnic background.

Researchers have found that transplanting cells that replenish blood vessels can also restore nerve function in an animal model of diabetic neuropathy.

As HbA1c levels rise, cognitive function falls in patients with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors.