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Family physicians can learn to identify patients with obvious retinopathy with the right equipment, but they still need to refer patients with diabetes to eye care specialists.

An Appetite stimulant from the brain is the answer.

Available data suggest that low-grade chronic inflammation not only reflects the underlying macrovascular disease but is also actively involved in the initial and advanced status of atherogenesis.

Researchers are reporting that an inexpensive blood test for a protein linked to artery disease may be better than a cholesterol test at predicting a person’s risk for a heart attack or stroke.

Study shows that changes in plasma ET-1 levels may precede vascular complications associated with hypertension and diabetes.

Diabetics with certain genes were more likely to develop diabetic neuropathy

While the risk of causing traffic accidents through hypoglycemia is higher in insulin-treated diabetics than in the general population, it is rare for such events to occur during driving.

Atkins diet trimmed significantly more pounds and body fat in obese but otherwise healthy women than a traditional low-fat diet.

Losartan inhibits the increased leukocyte entrapment usually seen in the retinal microcirculation of diabetic rats, according to results of a study in Japan.

Neuroendocrine and metabolic responses to moderate, prolonged exercise differ between male and female patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.