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Researchers report that, BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels,.

Overall roughly 20 percent of young people with diabetes (92% in those with type 2 and 14% in those with type 1) experience at least two additional cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new study

Other techniques that measure how the weight is distributed on the body are thought to provide a better way to assess risk.

Exercise, dietary changes and medication have long been the cornerstones of managing type 2 diabetes. But few studies examine how exercise actually benefits these patients.

Early-onset Of Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease And Death Before Age 55 Onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 is associated with a substantially increased risk of end-stage kidney disease and death between 25 and 55 years of age.

Combination therapy with simvastatin and fenofibrate may offer advantages over the use of either agent alone in diabetic patients with mixed dyslipidemia.

In several albeit small and preliminary studies now in patients with diabetic nephropathy, glomerular architecture has been shown to be remodeled and kidney disease regressed in response to various strategies.

Good control of blood sugar in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo regular hemodialysis is an independent predictor of a better prognosis, a team of Japanese researchers report.

People who ate a low-fat vegan diet, cutting out all meat and dairy, lowered their blood sugar more and lost more weight than people on a standard American Diabetes Association diet.

People with type 2 diabetes respond markedly to exercise, and adding acarbose to an exercise regimen significantly improves blood glucose control, exercise alone improve insullin sensitivity by 92 percent..