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Diabetes increases the risk for dementia, including vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), by 125%, especially if onset is in midlife, a population-based study suggests.

Older adults appear more likely to quit smoking or lose weight following a recent diagnosis of heart disease, diabetes or another serious condition, according to a new report.

Patients with high cholesterol levels who continually take statins appear to have a lower risk of death over four to five years, regardless of whether they already have diagnosed heart disease, according to a report

A key protein in the immune system pathway that effects the pancreas discovered.

Treatment of mild gestational diabetes yields clinical benefit, a randomized trial showed. Although a composite endpoint of neonatal morbidity did not differ between the treatment group and the controls, rates of Caesarean delivery (P=0.021) and shoulder dystocia (P=0.019) were significantly reduced by treatment.

Taking a much higher than recommended dose of the hypertension drug candesartan cilexetil effectively lowered the amount of protein excreted in the urine of patients with kidney disease, according to a new study.

Drug and medical device manufacturers would need to publicly disclose all doctor payments and gifts exceeding $100 per year under U.S. legislation unveiled last week.

The American Diabetes Association and other leading diabetes organizations in the U.S. will come out within the next six months with guidelines on the use of the A1C test as a diagnostic tool for patients with type 2 diabetes.

According to a study, a majority of diabetics (60%) avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and severe consequences including loss of consciousness.

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults age 65 and older have diabetes, while an additional 30 percent have pre-diabetes, researchers said.