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Outcomes are worse for those patients with hyperglycemia at the time of an acute myocardial infarction, more so then those already diagnosed with diabetes.

New study findings indicate.that treatment with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) may help adults with type 2 diabetes to stabilize blood glucose levels and lower their blood pressure,

“Residual insulin secretion is not coupled to a maintained glucagon response to hypoglycemia in long-term type 1 diabetes.”

Fasting blood glucose (FBG) testing alone misses 2/3’s of those with cardiovascular risk factors.

In addition to hypoglycemia and antihyperten­sive agents—particularly ACE inhibi­tors—-play a central role in the man­agement of type 2 diabetes.  

New studies show that the appetite-regulating hormone leptin causes rewiring of neurons in areas of the brain that regulate feeding behavior.

A1c’s rise during the holidays and remain elevated.

MSH (melanocyte-stimulating hormone) antagonists decrease glucagon in the bloodstream

GlucoWatch G2 Biographer (GW2B) and the continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) do not reliably detect hypoglycemia” in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

The genetic studies have nailed down HNF4a as a diabetes susceptibility gene.