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Pyridoxamine, an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), appears to protect against pathological changes in the retinas of diabetic rats and may be a new treatment for diabetic retinopathy.

Patients with type 2 diabetes who are given fluoroquinolones in commonly prescribed doses apparently have a reduced risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Fish oil supplements could help reduce the bad cholesterol in the blood of people with diabetes.

Ask each of your patients, “What’s the hardest thing about living with your diabetes?”

It caused an increase in insulin secretion rate, suppression of glucagon secretion and a delay in gastric emptying.

Researchers in the US have successfully used the hormone leptin to treat patients suffering from lipodystrophy, a rare and difficult-to-treat disorder that shares some of the characteristics of typical type 2 diabetes.

Triple oral antidiabetic therapy is an effective long-term treatment for many patients with type 2 diabetes, who initially achieve gylcemic control with triple oral therapy.

There is no clear advantage for the recommendation of diets containing only plant protein.

That, when compared to intensive exercise and aggressive diet changes.

A two-week course of a new immuno-suppressant drug can stop type 1 diabetes in its tracks.